The total population of Japan is 127 million. According to their local statistics, a total of 26.98 million people have been diagnosed in this epidemic in Japan, with only about 53,000 deaths and only about 482 severe patients.
This survey is an N antibody survey conducted by the Japanese Red Cross Society in November 2022 based on volunteers aged 16 to 69 who have donated blood.
In other words, during these 3 years, the number of infected people in Japan only accounted for about 25% of the total population. How did the Japanese government do it without mandatory positive isolation and without closing the city?
Japan is actually a relatively conservative country, because they also know that the impact of the virus is very large, so they did not choose to let it go early like other countries, but in March 2022 This kind of liberalization is actually not called liberalization. It just means that compared with some cities, life is more convenient, but most cities are still closed.
And in October 2022, Japan chose to fully liberalize at this time. At this time, their vaccination rate has reached more than 80%, which is basically the same as our country.
Many people will definitely think that Japan is very good after it is liberalized. I can tell you with certainty that it is only superficial. Their epidemic is very serious.
According to the information provided by the Internet, as of December 17, the number of new infections in Japan was 158,383 that day, and the number of infections has exceeded 150,000 for five consecutive days, while the death toll today reached 264.
So after Japan chose to fully liberalize, although the economy is indeed growing well, their number of infections has skyrocketed. I don’t know what their senior management will think. So don't just look at the surface of anything, you must look at the real situation behind it, only in this way can you understand it very clearly.
It is estimated that life in Japan is not easy now. It can be said that it is a difficult choice whether to continue to block and control, or to let the infection continue like this.