According to the latest stats, there have been 947 deaths due to Wuhan Corona virus in Japan. In the 2018/2019 flu season there were 3,400 deaths. Wuhan Corona hasn’t even hit one third.
Those who are fearful avoid the actual numbers. They just talk about infections, of whom most recover, and try to suck others into their darkness. They also also seem to be too fearful to use their real names on comments like the rest the members on our forum. Just seem to troll, spout negativity, and hold everyone else back.
As other writers have posted, we agree that face masks are politicized for the fearful and this virus fear really is a ‘phantom virus’ like others posted. In Japan, it’s there but not as big as people blow it up to be. In fact, the best test is to ask a fellow member “How many people do you know in Japan directly, that got infected with the virus?” You will have a difficult time finding anyone.
Time to move on. If a member is fearful they should definitely stay home. Don’t let the fearful pull club and it’s majority of bright people down.
I think you underestimate the damage to the Club if there were to be a cluster of Covid-19 infections associated with it. As I understand management’s explanation, they are following Minato-ku and Tokyo-to recommendations, and are in line with what other major athletic facilities are doing. We would lose several months entirely, and new memberships and banquets would go to zero and stay there long after others have recovered. We would just fall into the stereotype of Americans failing to follow public health recommendations.
That said, you are spot on that the exclusion of guests from the restaurants makes no sense at this point.
Great post. Let’s be guided by science and not hysterical political emotion. The more tests, the more infections are found and we learn that corona is as fatal as a bad flu – for a specific demographic. Open the club, provide safety educational guidelines and let it be a choice to use a mask. Unfortunately, the virus isn’t going away anytime soon. For that matter, neither will many other health risks that we encounter in our daily lives.