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When the cruise ship The Diamond Princess docked in Japan, we got a first glimpse of how miserable Japan’s response was going to be. Japan, wanting to keep the numbers of infected down for the sake of appearances, insisted on keeping the passengers aboard the ship, turning the close-quarters, poorly ventilated vessel into a floating petri dish. For a short time, the ship was the epicenter of the coronavirus outside of China. Japan compounded the mess by allowing Japanese passengers on the ship to return home by public transport, spreading the disease nationwide. The poorly named Ministry of Health also refused to test their own employees, many of whom had become infected during their time on board. Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, in a sneak preview of the American carnage to come, was busy covering up their own COVID-19 problems and refusing to test embassy staff who had been exposed to the virus—probably because no CDC kits were available. Possibly, the Embassy also … [Read more...] about Japan Wants to Throw COVID-19 Patients in Jail If They Refuse to Go to the Hospital

The Alabama hospital’s ICU has been overflowing for six weeks, with 16 virus patients on ventilators in a hospital that a year ago had only 10 of the breathing machines. "You can see the stress in people’s faces and in their body language. It’s just a lot for people to carry around," Smith said. … [Read more...] about 2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs

Becerra said, “Getting 100 million shots out there in 100 days is incredibly important. It’s ambitious, it’s bold, it’s doable. We have to do it.” Biden’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told CBS News’s “Face the Nation” show, the number was “a floor, not a ceiling.” … [Read more...] about US COVID Vaccinations Still Lagging, Health Officials Say