| His Ideas 30 ~ From a year's worth of experience |
April 22, 2021
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| It had passed more than one year after the first corona case appeared in the news. It was at the end of January, a New York or Tokyo sized city in China, Wuhan, was suddenly locked down, it was so shocking. Soon after, in the beginning of February, a big luxury boat named Diamond Princess which had about 3,000 passengers, stopped by a port with coronavirus patients, and the number of patients increased rapidly. After a while, Italy was the headline news regarding its sad situation of hospitals, which was said to be highly rated in the world. Gradually, the virus had spread all over the world. After a year, through a lot of trials and tribulations, we learned a lot: Cleary the number of people who wear a mask has increased. In the first stage of the pandemic, there was the thought that since the virus is very small, masks wouldn't stop them; only a few country's people wore masks. Even WHO doubted its effect. But, little by little, scientists proved the effect of masks. A report read that even if a mask can't stop the virus perfectly, it can limit the number of virus one intakes, so it would help the immune system against the virus. In the first stage, some scientists emphasized that 80 % of all virus intake was through one's hands that touched places which might have had the virus.  People started to wash their hands, disinfect their door knobs, handles, railings, tables, etc. Changing the air regularly was another strong recommendation. Actually, it was a mystery why commuter trains had no cases, it was said that because commuter trains often stopped and opened all the doors. In the first stage, there were some clusters that happened in some occasions: long distance buses, karaoke shops, gyms, sports teams, tourism boats, exhibitions, etc. But now, he never heard of a cluster in those businesses. Actually, he went to a gym and they set machines further apart. They opened the door to take in fresh air. There was also disinfectant placed here and there. Other clusters were at hospitals, nursing homes, offices, and houses. But, these clusters can't be helped, because in these cases, a staff member would bring the virus from the outside, and while working together in the same place, the virus would spread. One time he had heard the minister of health speak in an interview, "Please really pay special attention while drinking." He felt that it was his real feeling. His Idea #30 : From a year's worth of experience He didn't have a bad feeling about bar owners, in fact he had some friends who owned bars. But, even so, he had to say that bars are the biggest reason for the spread of infection of the coronavirus. If it was a party of 6 people at home, the risk was about 6 times for each person. But, if it was a bar, for example, 30 people drinking in a room at the bar, the risk increase by 30 times. Including the waiters and waitresses, it would become even more. If it was a restaurant, where eating is the main purpose, people would stay there for about 30 minutes or so; but, in a bar's case, people's purpose isn't only drinking, people want to relax and share in the atmosphere and topics with others. To share topics people need to speak. In a bar, naturally one's voice becomes louder because it is noisy because of all the customers talking. Unfortunately, the louder the voices, the higher the risks become. He knew the effort of bars to avoid having a cluster. He really hoped the government would implement fundamental measures for bars. |
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No.430
*regarding :に関して
*tribulation :苦難
*intake :取り入れる
*railing :手すり
*disinfectant :消毒液
*nursing home :老人ホーム
*implement :実施する
*fundamental :根本的
*measure :手段