COVID-19 in Japan and Japanese waters


Hard to imagine them using water sprays now.

Why?

That will be at the height of summer and Covid-19 even if out in the general Japaneses populace will most likely be dormant.

The issue will be next winter more likely.
 
Why?

That will be at the height of summer and Covid-19 even if out in the general Japaneses populace will most likely be dormant.

The issue will be next winter more likely.
That’s guesswork at the moment otherwise Singapore wouldnt be an issue.
 
Somewhat common cruise slang afaik
debarkation or disembarkation used interchangeably by the various lines
 

A Japanese infectious diseases expert on Thursday removed videos criticizing the situation on the Diamond Princess, a coronavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Yokohama, from YouTube.

In a Twitter post, Kentaro Iwata, a professor at Kobe University Hospital, offered "a heartfelt apology" to those troubled by the videos, whose recordings in Japanese and English had garnered over 1.5 million and 300,000 views, respectively.
 
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Somewhat common cruise slang afaik
debarkation or disembarkation used interchangeably by the various lines

As a bit of a mariner in a previous life: disembarkation and debarkation (or debarcation) are all acceptable; but debarking has another meaning altogether so, in relation to a ship, it should be disembarking. Sorry to be pedantic. :)
 
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I think your logic is flawed. Singapore's cases are probably mainly due to infected people having arrived from elsewhere.
Just one quick google suggests no.


Different example
 
So it looks like final ship stats is about 20% infected - which is about the same in early tests 20/103 on Day 2 for example, so possible the quarantine did work, though hard to prove given the lack of testing.

Have there been any reports of pax who left the ship between Jan 20-25 when the initial suspect carrier was onboard or before Feb 1 when the quarantine started? Or was it primarily a long cruise with few passengers leaving?
 
So it looks like final ship stats is about 20% infected - which is about the same in early tests 20/103 on Day 2 for example, so possible the quarantine did work, though hard to prove given the lack of testing.

Where are you getting that from?

Today's figures haven't been released yet, it wasn't at 20% as of yesterday, and many of the crew have yet to be tested, so we're still some way away from any 'final' figure.
 
Just one quick google suggests no.


Different example

Ah quick googles, which are the source of much misinformation and panic.

What logic are you applying? A few cases proves nothing about how likely corona-virus's may be spread..

What we know about corona-virus's is that they are less prevalent in the hotter months and more prevalent in the colder months.

People do catch flu in the height of an Australian Summer in Australia, but that is not when most people catch the flu in Australia.

So some people now catching Covid-19 in Singapore would not yet have me putting aside the history of past similar viruses, and even moreso as most seem to have links to Chinese Carriers.

PS:
1/The British guy most likely was infected from a a person originating from China that he came into close contact with, or an object that the person and he both touched..

2/ With your second example:
One of them was a tour guide for a group of Chinese tourists, two work at a shop the group had visited, while a fourth case of local transmission was the domestic helper of one of the cases, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said at a briefing.
 
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So it looks like final ship stats is about 20% infected - which is about the same in early tests 20/103 on Day 2 for example, so possible the quarantine did work, though hard to prove given the lack of testing.

Have there been any reports of pax who left the ship between Jan 20-25 when the initial suspect carrier was onboard or before Feb 1 when the quarantine started? Or was it primarily a long cruise with few passengers leaving?


Well given the comments from the Japanese Infectious Disease expert who was on the ship for a day the quarantine practices were lacking and seem to be a case of where a little bit of knowledge is dangerous.

ie Masks worn, but no worn properly. No proper separation of the infected. Untrained staff dealing with the infected and also dealing with all other passengers as well etc

Not surprising really as look at how the same crews manage gastro.
 
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Sorry if you don’t like search engines - surprisingly medical research is located in this manner.


Oh I like search engines. As a professional I use them all the time.

But your quoted two links do not actually support your hypothesis on Singapore and hot weather.

Wasn’t the point you were making that Singaporean cases are the result of people travelling directly from China and not locals or non Chinese developing it in Singapore with no recent history of travel to China?

No. I was disagreeing with your point that Singapore proves that the Covid-19 will not a lesser problem in countries in the hotter months compared to their winter months.

Also the links you posted were both of cases developed from primarily infected Chinese travelling. One was infected by a Singaporean who got it from a travelling Chinese.


Neither offered any evidence that Covid-19 would not a lesser problem in summer months. All both articles showed was that people with active Covid-19 can transmit it to another person. This is known and not in dispute.
 
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3,011 is the number of tests conducted, not the number of people tested.

Wikipage uses the word "tested" and following the source to the Japanese reports it seems to refer to people tested.

Given they've still not tested everyone I wouldn't think there are many doubles anyway.
 
Wikipage uses the word "tested" and following the source to the Japanese reports it seems to refer to people tested.

Given they've still not tested everyone I wouldn't think there are many doubles anyway.

Wrong on both counts.


Key word in the Japanese is 延べ.
 
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