WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT IN THE CORONA CRISIS by Corbett


Predictions: What Will Happen Next in the Corona Crisis?

by James Corbett
corbettreport.com
April 25, 2020
Sometimes it isn't all that hard to predict the future. All you have to do is listen to what the social engineers are telling you they're going to do.
For example, when the neocons tell you that we need a "new Pearl Harbor" to justify a transformation of America's military, you can bet a new Pearl Harbor is going to arrive as soon as they get into office.
And now, after years of Bill Gates warning us that a pandemic was going to strike and utterly transform the world as we know it. He even went so far as to "simulate" the exact scenario we're living through just before we started living through it.
So, you see my point. Sometimes seeing what's coming next is just a question of listening to what the planners are telling us. Keeping that in mind, let's look at four predictions for how the coronavirus crisis is likely to proceed from here.
1. The "Second Wave" Will Be Blamed on the Protesters
There is a second wave of Covid-19 coming in the next few months. We don't have to speculate about this. Not only have we heard this from all manner of politicians and health "authorities" over the past few months, but it was an integral part of MIT Technology Review's now-infamous "We're not going back to normal" article, which revealed how the waves of lockdown and release were going to restructure our lives and condition us into the Corona World Order. And, lest there be any doubt that this is an important part of the plandemic narrative, Bill Gates just reaffirmed it in his latest "GatesNotes" on "The first modern pandemic."
In fact, the pandemic planners have warned the public of a second (and third and fourth and fifth . . .) wave of this crisis so many times now that we can virtually guarantee that such a "second wave" will occur. Now, such a second wave of sickness could actually occur, if only because—as Dr. Dan Erickson notes in his recent Covid-19 briefing—people emerging from their lockdown isolation will have lowered immune systems and thus be more susceptible to pathogens of all kinds. But this dreaded "second wave" doesn't even have to take place in reality; the statistical chicanery of the fraudsters can always be relied on to conjure up the impression of a fresh round of infections in the minds of the public. Heck, if the Japanese government can magically conjure a "surge" of SARS-CoV-2 infections into existence the very same day they announced the postponement of the 2020 Olympics (precisely as I predicted), you better believe governments around the world can deliver on the "second wave" narrative regardless of how many people may or may not be ill.
Here's the rub: Whatever happens, the plandemic agenda-pushers are going to blame this second wave on those evil, dastardly protesters who complained about being put under house arrest. You know, those horrible, heartless grandma-killers who dared to oppose the orders to shutter the business they've spent their entire lifetime building up and those detestable, disgusting disease-spreaders who refused to meekly accept their sudden enforced unemployment.
You can see the outlines of this narrative already being planted in the type of coverage surrounding the growing lockdown protest movement. It's those stupid, ignorant yokels who are out there protesting to "open Fuddruckers" who are putting the lives of those valiant medical heroes on the line by daring to exercise their right to peacefully assemble and demand a redress of their grievances!
So when things are opened up eventually (even just a little bit), you better believe that "second wave" is going to hit full force . . . at least in the media. And every single death in the daily death tally is going to be blamed on people who complained about their house imprisonment and forced unemployment.
2. The Alt Media Are Being Given the Rope to Hang Themselves
This next prediction is based on some observations:
  1. About a year ago, YouTube instituted a new system for displaying subscriber counts that corresponded with a flatlining in new subscribers for many alt media channels (including mine).
  2. Around the same time, they began implementing changes to the recommendation algorithm ensuring that "harmful content" (read: alt media) would not be recommended to viewers nearly as often.
  3. Around the time that the corona crisis really began to kick off six weeks ago, these restrictions seem to have been lifted, with my own channel's subscriber count surging and my work being routinely recommended by the YouTube algorithm.
Now, I have no insider information about any of these changes here. I can only work with the observations that I (and some of the other alt media figures I've talked to) can confirm from my own experience. But there is no doubt in my mind that some of the filters that were artificially suppressing my channel and alt media content in general have been removed.
Yay! Score one for alt media truth, hey?
If only. No, I believe that what we are seeing is actually a push by YouTube and other tech companies to ensure widespread promotion of certain views questioning the official Covid-19 narrative precisely so that they will have the excuse to move ahead with the online purge, probably during that second (or third or fourth or fifth . . .) wave of the crisis. My theory is that we are being set up for a "deadly second wave" not only in the "viral pandemic" narrative, but also in the "deadly infodemic" narrative, and this sudden "flowering" of online conspiracy theorizing is going to be used as an excuse for purging any and all information that does not comport with the official government narrative of the pandemic.
Think of it as an information warfare false flag: push all sorts of "conspiracy" content—from the well-grounded to the utterly outrageous—so that it is a very visible presence in people's online experience of this crisis. Then, as the pain deepens and things go south, the conspiracy theorists can be blamed (much like the lockdown protesters) for having muddied the waters with "misinformation."
We're already seeing the beginning of this narrative playing out. The social media giants have already committed to "combating fraud and misinformation" regarding Covid-19, and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has just outlined exactly what they mean by "fraud and misinformation," namely, anything that challenges the pronouncements of the World Health Organization.
Personally, I'm going to take advantage of this brief window of opportunity to reach as many new people as I possibly can, but I'm under no delusion that the promotion of truth-related information on the controlled Big Tech social media platforms will continue for very long. As I predicted back in New World Next Year 2020, this is likely to be the year that the internet as we've known it ends for good.
3. China Will Be Blamed
Isn't it funny how just a few weeks ago it was a verboten thoughtcrime to suggest that this novel coronavirus could have anything whatsoever to do with the biosafety level 4 laboratory in Wuhan, and now such theories are mainstream headline fodder? Why do you think that is?
I'll tell you why: It's because this is World War III.
If that assertion sounds familiar, that's because it's exactly what I wrote in these pages last month. I know you've heard me say it before, but it bears repeating: Historians of a future age may just mark the great "coronavirus crisis" of 2020 as the first salvo in the Third World War.
As I've also said before, those historians would be wrong. At least, assuming they are writing about the surface-level 2D-chess version of "WWIII," the one involving "China" vs the "US." As I laid out here last month, the real World War III is already underway and it's a war on free humanity by the oligarchs who seek to rule over us. But one can rest assured that if and when those oligarchs decide to truly plunge the world into chaos and let slip the dogs of war, the mis-leaders will use a "coronavirus-was-made-in-a-lab" narrative to justify that war.
The war of words is already underway. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has already raised the possibility that the US Army brought the virus to Wuhan during last October's Military World Games. In return, Senator Tom Cotton is suggesting that the virus is a leaked Chinese bioweapon, a claim that is now being doggedly pursued in certain parts of the American mockingbird media.
Now, a number of lawsuits are proceeding on the theory that this is a Chinese biological weapon and that the Chinese government should be held liable for all damages caused by Covid-19 and the ensuing shutdown of the global economy (a cool $20 trillion in one suit's estimation). Naturally, no one is expecting that Beijing would (or would be able to) fork over $20 trillion on a US judge's order, but if such a ruling were ever made, one can bet that it would add significantly to the case of the China hawks dwelling in Trump's swamp.
For the millionth time, let me hasten to add that any such China-US war that develops will be a contrived and manipulated conflict, much like the contrived and manipulated Soviet-US conflict of the 20th century. But the lives lost in such a squabble would be all too real.
Make no mistake, you have not heard the last of the squabble between Beijing and Washington over who is to blame for this mess.
5. The Real Bioweapons Are Waiting in the Wings
Speaking of bioweapons, let us not rule out the possibility that we are dealing with a bioweapon of some sort. In fact, there are compelling reasons to believe that, and the knee-jerk dismissal of the idea from the usual crowd is easily debunkable as unscientific claptrap.
Yet another interesting clue along that particular cookie-crumb trail is emerging in the work of Li Lanjuan at Zhejiang University, who is now reporting the discovery of 30 separate strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Some of these strains, including the one prevalent in parts of Europe and in New York City, are capable of producing 270 times the viral load of the weaker strains. The research also uncovered an unusual development in one of the patients studied:
The researchers also found three consecutive changes—known as tri-nucleotide mutations—in a 60-year-old patient, which was a rare event. Usually the genes mutated at one site at a time. This patient spent more than 50 days in hospital, much longer than other Covid-19 patients, and even his faeces were infectious with living viral strains.
Take this research—along with everything else we're hearing about this virus—with a hefty grain of salt. But, if true, it certainly could add more weight to the theory that we are not dealing with a naturally occurring virus.
Whatever the case, we know that every major military power has spent vast amounts of money developing biological weapons of various sorts. Officially, these biological weapons programs are always done under the pretense that they are for "defensive" purposes. After all, if we don't develop these weapons then how will we ever be able to defend ourselves against them . . . you know, if the enemy also develops them? (Don't think about it too hard.)
Of course, Corbett Report listeners know better. The truth is that biological warfare programs are pursued for offensive purposes, too. The fact that the anthrax that terrorized America in the fall of 2001 came from Fort Detrick is just one indication that these programs exist. Heck, the Project For A New American Century even put race-specific bioweapons" on their wishlist in the "Rebuilding America's Defenses document (see page 60).
The sad truth is that the possibility of a bioweapon being released—and, inevitably, used in a bioterror false flag event to blame on an enemy—has always been there. But now that we are transitioning from the "age of terror" into the "age of bioterror," that possibility has become orders of magnitude more likely.
So, on that note, I leave you with this bone-chilling observation: Remember that latest "GatesNotes" that I mentioned way back up in Prediction #1? You know, "The first modern pandemic"? Well, here's how Bill "Pandemic Planner" Gates talks about this current crisis in his conclusion:
Melinda and I grew up learning that World War II was the defining moment of our parents’ generation. In a similar way, the COVID-19 pandemic—the first modern pandemic—will define this era. No one who lives through Pandemic I will ever forget it. And it is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come.
Yes, not only does he liken this "fight" against the "invisible enemy" to World War II—as every politician and pundit seems to be doing these days—but he even goes so far as to call this Pandemic I. Yes, "Pandemic I." As in part one. The obvious implication here is that, just like World War I was followed by World War II, so, too, will Pandemic I be followed by Pandemic II.
Kind of makes you wonder what else he has up his sleeve, doesn't it?

WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT IN THE CORONA CRISIS by Corbett


Predictions: What Will Happen Next in the Corona Crisis?

by James Corbett
corbettreport.com
April 25, 2020
Sometimes it isn't all that hard to predict the future. All you have to do is listen to what the social engineers are telling you they're going to do.
For example, when the neocons tell you that we need a "new Pearl Harbor" to justify a transformation of America's military, you can bet a new Pearl Harbor is going to arrive as soon as they get into office.
And now, after years of Bill Gates warning us that a pandemic was going to strike and utterly transform the world as we know it. He even went so far as to "simulate" the exact scenario we're living through just before we started living through it.
So, you see my point. Sometimes seeing what's coming next is just a question of listening to what the planners are telling us. Keeping that in mind, let's look at four predictions for how the coronavirus crisis is likely to proceed from here.
1. The "Second Wave" Will Be Blamed on the Protesters
There is a second wave of Covid-19 coming in the next few months. We don't have to speculate about this. Not only have we heard this from all manner of politicians and health "authorities" over the past few months, but it was an integral part of MIT Technology Review's now-infamous "We're not going back to normal" article, which revealed how the waves of lockdown and release were going to restructure our lives and condition us into the Corona World Order. And, lest there be any doubt that this is an important part of the plandemic narrative, Bill Gates just reaffirmed it in his latest "GatesNotes" on "The first modern pandemic."
In fact, the pandemic planners have warned the public of a second (and third and fourth and fifth . . .) wave of this crisis so many times now that we can virtually guarantee that such a "second wave" will occur. Now, such a second wave of sickness could actually occur, if only because—as Dr. Dan Erickson notes in his recent Covid-19 briefing—people emerging from their lockdown isolation will have lowered immune systems and thus be more susceptible to pathogens of all kinds. But this dreaded "second wave" doesn't even have to take place in reality; the statistical chicanery of the fraudsters can always be relied on to conjure up the impression of a fresh round of infections in the minds of the public. Heck, if the Japanese government can magically conjure a "surge" of SARS-CoV-2 infections into existence the very same day they announced the postponement of the 2020 Olympics (precisely as I predicted), you better believe governments around the world can deliver on the "second wave" narrative regardless of how many people may or may not be ill.
Here's the rub: Whatever happens, the plandemic agenda-pushers are going to blame this second wave on those evil, dastardly protesters who complained about being put under house arrest. You know, those horrible, heartless grandma-killers who dared to oppose the orders to shutter the business they've spent their entire lifetime building up and those detestable, disgusting disease-spreaders who refused to meekly accept their sudden enforced unemployment.
You can see the outlines of this narrative already being planted in the type of coverage surrounding the growing lockdown protest movement. It's those stupid, ignorant yokels who are out there protesting to "open Fuddruckers" who are putting the lives of those valiant medical heroes on the line by daring to exercise their right to peacefully assemble and demand a redress of their grievances!
So when things are opened up eventually (even just a little bit), you better believe that "second wave" is going to hit full force . . . at least in the media. And every single death in the daily death tally is going to be blamed on people who complained about their house imprisonment and forced unemployment.
2. The Alt Media Are Being Given the Rope to Hang Themselves
This next prediction is based on some observations:
  1. About a year ago, YouTube instituted a new system for displaying subscriber counts that corresponded with a flatlining in new subscribers for many alt media channels (including mine).
  2. Around the same time, they began implementing changes to the recommendation algorithm ensuring that "harmful content" (read: alt media) would not be recommended to viewers nearly as often.
  3. Around the time that the corona crisis really began to kick off six weeks ago, these restrictions seem to have been lifted, with my own channel's subscriber count surging and my work being routinely recommended by the YouTube algorithm.
Now, I have no insider information about any of these changes here. I can only work with the observations that I (and some of the other alt media figures I've talked to) can confirm from my own experience. But there is no doubt in my mind that some of the filters that were artificially suppressing my channel and alt media content in general have been removed.
Yay! Score one for alt media truth, hey?
If only. No, I believe that what we are seeing is actually a push by YouTube and other tech companies to ensure widespread promotion of certain views questioning the official Covid-19 narrative precisely so that they will have the excuse to move ahead with the online purge, probably during that second (or third or fourth or fifth . . .) wave of the crisis. My theory is that we are being set up for a "deadly second wave" not only in the "viral pandemic" narrative, but also in the "deadly infodemic" narrative, and this sudden "flowering" of online conspiracy theorizing is going to be used as an excuse for purging any and all information that does not comport with the official government narrative of the pandemic.
Think of it as an information warfare false flag: push all sorts of "conspiracy" content—from the well-grounded to the utterly outrageous—so that it is a very visible presence in people's online experience of this crisis. Then, as the pain deepens and things go south, the conspiracy theorists can be blamed (much like the lockdown protesters) for having muddied the waters with "misinformation."
We're already seeing the beginning of this narrative playing out. The social media giants have already committed to "combating fraud and misinformation" regarding Covid-19, and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has just outlined exactly what they mean by "fraud and misinformation," namely, anything that challenges the pronouncements of the World Health Organization.
Personally, I'm going to take advantage of this brief window of opportunity to reach as many new people as I possibly can, but I'm under no delusion that the promotion of truth-related information on the controlled Big Tech social media platforms will continue for very long. As I predicted back in New World Next Year 2020, this is likely to be the year that the internet as we've known it ends for good.
3. China Will Be Blamed
Isn't it funny how just a few weeks ago it was a verboten thoughtcrime to suggest that this novel coronavirus could have anything whatsoever to do with the biosafety level 4 laboratory in Wuhan, and now such theories are mainstream headline fodder? Why do you think that is?
I'll tell you why: It's because this is World War III.
If that assertion sounds familiar, that's because it's exactly what I wrote in these pages last month. I know you've heard me say it before, but it bears repeating: Historians of a future age may just mark the great "coronavirus crisis" of 2020 as the first salvo in the Third World War.
As I've also said before, those historians would be wrong. At least, assuming they are writing about the surface-level 2D-chess version of "WWIII," the one involving "China" vs the "US." As I laid out here last month, the real World War III is already underway and it's a war on free humanity by the oligarchs who seek to rule over us. But one can rest assured that if and when those oligarchs decide to truly plunge the world into chaos and let slip the dogs of war, the mis-leaders will use a "coronavirus-was-made-in-a-lab" narrative to justify that war.
The war of words is already underway. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has already raised the possibility that the US Army brought the virus to Wuhan during last October's Military World Games. In return, Senator Tom Cotton is suggesting that the virus is a leaked Chinese bioweapon, a claim that is now being doggedly pursued in certain parts of the American mockingbird media.
Now, a number of lawsuits are proceeding on the theory that this is a Chinese biological weapon and that the Chinese government should be held liable for all damages caused by Covid-19 and the ensuing shutdown of the global economy (a cool $20 trillion in one suit's estimation). Naturally, no one is expecting that Beijing would (or would be able to) fork over $20 trillion on a US judge's order, but if such a ruling were ever made, one can bet that it would add significantly to the case of the China hawks dwelling in Trump's swamp.
For the millionth time, let me hasten to add that any such China-US war that develops will be a contrived and manipulated conflict, much like the contrived and manipulated Soviet-US conflict of the 20th century. But the lives lost in such a squabble would be all too real.
Make no mistake, you have not heard the last of the squabble between Beijing and Washington over who is to blame for this mess.
5. The Real Bioweapons Are Waiting in the Wings
Speaking of bioweapons, let us not rule out the possibility that we are dealing with a bioweapon of some sort. In fact, there are compelling reasons to believe that, and the knee-jerk dismissal of the idea from the usual crowd is easily debunkable as unscientific claptrap.
Yet another interesting clue along that particular cookie-crumb trail is emerging in the work of Li Lanjuan at Zhejiang University, who is now reporting the discovery of 30 separate strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Some of these strains, including the one prevalent in parts of Europe and in New York City, are capable of producing 270 times the viral load of the weaker strains. The research also uncovered an unusual development in one of the patients studied:
The researchers also found three consecutive changes—known as tri-nucleotide mutations—in a 60-year-old patient, which was a rare event. Usually the genes mutated at one site at a time. This patient spent more than 50 days in hospital, much longer than other Covid-19 patients, and even his faeces were infectious with living viral strains.
Take this research—along with everything else we're hearing about this virus—with a hefty grain of salt. But, if true, it certainly could add more weight to the theory that we are not dealing with a naturally occurring virus.
Whatever the case, we know that every major military power has spent vast amounts of money developing biological weapons of various sorts. Officially, these biological weapons programs are always done under the pretense that they are for "defensive" purposes. After all, if we don't develop these weapons then how will we ever be able to defend ourselves against them . . . you know, if the enemy also develops them? (Don't think about it too hard.)
Of course, Corbett Report listeners know better. The truth is that biological warfare programs are pursued for offensive purposes, too. The fact that the anthrax that terrorized America in the fall of 2001 came from Fort Detrick is just one indication that these programs exist. Heck, the Project For A New American Century even put race-specific bioweapons" on their wishlist in the "Rebuilding America's Defenses document (see page 60).
The sad truth is that the possibility of a bioweapon being released—and, inevitably, used in a bioterror false flag event to blame on an enemy—has always been there. But now that we are transitioning from the "age of terror" into the "age of bioterror," that possibility has become orders of magnitude more likely.
So, on that note, I leave you with this bone-chilling observation: Remember that latest "GatesNotes" that I mentioned way back up in Prediction #1? You know, "The first modern pandemic"? Well, here's how Bill "Pandemic Planner" Gates talks about this current crisis in his conclusion:
Melinda and I grew up learning that World War II was the defining moment of our parents’ generation. In a similar way, the COVID-19 pandemic—the first modern pandemic—will define this era. No one who lives through Pandemic I will ever forget it. And it is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come.
Yes, not only does he liken this "fight" against the "invisible enemy" to World War II—as every politician and pundit seems to be doing these days—but he even goes so far as to call this Pandemic I. Yes, "Pandemic I." As in part one. The obvious implication here is that, just like World War I was followed by World War II, so, too, will Pandemic I be followed by Pandemic II.
Kind of makes you wonder what else he has up his sleeve, doesn't it?

JAPAN DEALS WITH COVID-19 WITHOUT BIG BROTHER TACTICS - SO SHOULD WE


I SAW A RECENT COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DEATHS FROM COVID-19 BETWEEN NEW YORK AND TOKYO AND WONDERED WHY THERE WAS SUCH DISPARITY. THE DIFFERENCE IS STARTLING.

TOKYO HAS 100 DEATHS IN A POPULATION OF 9.2 MILLION.
NEW YORK HAS 11,000 DEATHS IN A POPULATION OF  8.4 MILLION.

YET TOKYO IS NOT LOCKED DOWN !! ............... ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Because of the widely published instructions from US authorities to attribute even suspected or possible symptomatic deaths to COVID-19, it has to be assumed that the NYC and US figures are grossly overblown - maybe to confirm an agenda, but that's another matter.

Japan has not enforced strict measures on the people. Masks and hygiene come naturally to the people along with being more of an isolationist society - but that does not mean that the people lock themselves away normally. No, Japan has warned and advised the populace of the dangers and more or less let the people get on with life. It's even darn difficult to get tested for the virus. [Perhaps they know that the virus hasn't been purified and tests do not pick up the specific novel corona virus anyway?].


OH, THE ISOLATION !!!


SOURCE: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/-covid-19-did-not-change-much-in-japan-s-daily-life-/1819015


It is a part of the Japanese culture to wear masks and maintain “utmost” cleanliness during the routine life, so COVID-19 pandemic did not change much in the country.
“The only issue is there is no aggressive testing of people to determine whether a person is infected or not,” a software engineer who identified himself with the name Ahmad and based in Tokyo told Anadolu Agency.
In their daily lives, the Japanese use hand sanitizers, wear masks, and maintain cleanliness, he said.
Japan reported nearly 13,231 cases of the coronavirus with 360 deaths. Despite an aging population, questions have been raised as to why authorities were not holding mass COVID-19 tests.
Ahmad said the government declared a health emergency but people had “already taken precautions and stayed home”.
“People felt like the anti-virus measures were already part of their routine and continued their lives but there has been less mobility since the outbreak started,” he added.
Wearing a mask has been mandatory in many countries in fighting the pandemic which has affected nearly 2.9 million people globally, while more than 203,000 have died since the virus first appeared in Wuhan, China last December.

Why no mass testing? 
One has to undergo a series of checkups, including blood tests, X-rays, and flu sampling for a doctor to decide if a patient fits the criteria for the COVID-19 test.
“This time-consuming process is done to eliminate the possibility that the patient has a different illness. And even if he determines that the patient is likely to have the coronavirus, the biggest hurdle is calling the local health center to request a test. This is almost always rejected,” Japan’s public broadcaster NHK reported, quoting a specialist from a Tokyo-based hospital.
Japan, the world’s third-biggest economy, has been able to do only 7,800 tests per day, far lower than the US which carries out about 150,000 per day. The limited number of tests has raised concerns about the accuracy of the Japanese government's total case numbers
"The healthcare center won't accept tests, even if it's for a patient who is highly likely to be infected,” the doctor added.
Japan has a population of more than 126 million, with over 30% older than 60 years of age -- one of the most affected age groups from the virus.
“Life in Tokyo is that of seclusion and isolation,” Ahmad also said, adding: “There are elderly homes and in one of them a cluster of coronavirus cases was recently found and there is a fear of more such clusters.”
The low testing pushed the US Embassy in Tokyo to urge Americans to go home immediately. “The lack of widespread testing has made it difficult to assess the situation,” said the embassy.
“One cannot ignore the fact that lifestyle of the Japanese is very hygienic,” said a businessman from Osaka who wanted to remain anonymous, and added: “The Japanese are clean people, in metropolitans, they live a secluded life … people here are only busy with their work.”
Health Ministry official Kato Takuma, however, said the government asked public health centers to conduct tests beginning in February.
"The government has never asked anybody to reduce the number of tests," Kato told NHK. But he also accepted the difficulties these centers are facing.

‘Lockdown to hit Japan’s export-oriented business’ 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government faced stiff resistance for imposing a strict lockdown.
The parliament passed an amendment last month to allow Abe to declare a national health emergency to fight COVID-19. The emergency was expanded to all of
Japan after first being imposed in seven provinces, including Tokyo.
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said the Japanese law makes it "impossible" to impose a forced shutdown in Tokyo.
“Japan’s economy is export-oriented,” said the Osaka-based businessman, adding: “Most of the consumers are outside the country. So, the business will dry if demand for exports drops, and lockdown is doing that.”
Abe acknowledged the stress on the economy, saying: “Japan’s economy faces the biggest crisis in the postwar era.”
Ahmad, the software engineer, said he, along with hundreds of IT employees, was working from home for more than a month.
“Shops are open, business centers are open but there is not much activity and the most affected are daily wager,” he said.
“Most Japanese work on a daily-wage basis,” he said, adding: “That is why we see opposition to lockdown.”
Japan has not been dependent on anything foreign, he stressed, noting: “They have produced everything themselves and revolutionized their industry and the economy but [foreign] consumer is a major importer of Japanese products which pushes forward the growth trajectory.”
To support the economy, the Abe government earlier this month unveiled the country’s largest-ever $990 billion stimulus package to help struggling businesses and households cope with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
The package is equivalent to 20% of the country’s GDP.
In Osaka, the businessman said: “People go to offices, shops are open but yes temperature testing is applied. Human-to-human contacts have reduced more than 70%.”
'Normal life full of precautions'
It is “Sakura” time in Japan when gardens and parks are full of cherry blossoms.
“Tens of thousands of Japanese celebrate this season by going to public parks and weekends are crowded but coronavirus has affected it and the number of people has gone down,” said Ahmad.
But he said people go out for fishing and playing games, too.
“Human-to-human interaction has minimized,” he said. “It is people who have imposed a lockdown on themselves not the government because they are careful and take precautions on time.”
To stem the spread of the infection, Japan also imposed restrictions on foreign travel or those who enter the country to undergo quarantine.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said foreign travelers who have been in 14 countries -- including several Middle Eastern countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and also Russia -- within two weeks of arrival in Japan will be denied entry following the upgraded advisory, Kyodo news reported.


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6 days ago - The nationwide death toll from the virus has now increased to a total of 288, including those from a cruise ship that was quarantined in Yokohama ...
1 day ago - NYC has had 11,000 Covid deathsTokyo, the World's largest and densest city, has had 93. NYC is locked down. Tokyo was never locked ...
Apr 18, 2020 - Africa surpasses 20,000 cases, more than 1,000 deathsTOKYO — Japanese health ministry said Sunday that 568 new cases of the ...
On 13 February, a woman in her 80s died in Kanagawa Prefecture, next to Tokyo, marking the first death from COVID-19 in Japan. She was the mother-in-law of ...