cannonman58102 t1_j6ly666 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:53 AM

Reply to comment by SideburnSundays in Japan’s monthly COVID-19 deaths surpass 10,000 for 1st time by DoremusJessup

Yeah I get it. When I was last in Japan i would say maybe 30% of the time I saw someone without a mask they were a foreigner. The others are mostly the elderly who just don't care.

Given foreigners make up a tiny fraction of Japan's population, that 30% is significant. I'm in PH now and I would bet less than 25% of white people I see wear masks.

lolpostslol t1_j6nrllk wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:14 PM

Kinda makes sense since foreigners are exposed to a global news cycle where COVID is now mostly an old topic, while Japan handled it differently and ended up with a bit of a delayed pandemic cycle