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Japan Beats Covid by Aversion to 'Bothersomness'

Self-Isolation in the spirit of not being Meiwaku

Mar 31, 2022
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By: Xiaochen Su

At an outpatient clinic for the feverish, located on the upper floors of a shopping mall on the outskirts of Tokyo, the doctor was adamant about the patients remaining where they are.

“We are not yet sure whether you are going to test positive or not,” the doctor stated matter-of-factly over Zoom from another room in the clinic, “but just …

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