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How is it possible to relax a mask request? It is obviously not a law or a mandate nor should it be. Japan has the highest mask rate in the world yet has recorded the highest number of single-day cases. Perhaps the masks do not work. Perhaps they are exacerbating the problem. I don't wear one, despite the dirty looks I get. I also haven't gotten "vaccinated." Over the past 2 and half years, I have had nothing more than a sore throat and a slight cough.

Has anyone considered the negative long-term effects of mask wearing? I do not think it's a good idea to restrict one's breathing to avoid cold-like symptoms.

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I was there in August 2022 and often didn't wear a mask in shops etc. Nobody said anything. Maybe because I'm a gaijin?

I felt a special kinship with the few Japanese who didn't wear a mask.

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In an ideal world, it would not only be easy to sue officials for bad policy, but also to hold "experts" to account gor false or damaging statements made in public settings. People like Fauci or this Kitamura shouldn't be able to go on TV and run their mouths without expecting severe consequences for misleading viewers. I don't care if they're "just speculating" or "offering their opinion"-- when you claim the status of expert, you should weigh your words carefully.

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不安症の子どもたちや大人がマスクをすることで他人の視線を気にせず外で生活行動ができることは知っていた。感染症が大したことない事実とは関係なく、「誰かのために自分のことは二の次にするべき」といった感じの圧力(始めは「思いやり」だった)とその偽物の一体感を得るために皆マスクをしているように見受ける。

今マスクをせずに都内の街中を歩くと、目を見開いて見つめてくる人や距離を置いて歩く・座る人(マスク使用)、気にしない人(大体マスク使用)、マスクをしない若者 がまとまりなく歩いている。仕事のドレスコードにすらなっているので、日中のマスク使用はまだまだ多い。化粧が崩れている、またはしてない(素顔)という理由で帰宅時までマスクを外すことを遠慮する女性も多いだろう。

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Medical Doctor Warns that Bacterial Pneumonias are on the Rise from Mask Wearing

https://www.globalresearch.ca/medical-doctor-warns-bacterial-pneumonias-rise-mask-wearing/5725848

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The long-running scam of "If you get the jabs, you may get to unmask"

They used the same line in Australia, and of course, elsewhere,

In fact, when the injection milestones were reached, people in Queensland Australia burned their masks. Their Health Minister said not to, as they could be used for something in else in the future. Of course, later on the govt mandated masks..... and people did not even bother to remind her about her statement.

Here in western Sydney Australia there are handful who still masked outdoors and indoors - even where they were alone. No, they did not look Jap to me. In fact, I have not spoken to a Jap in over 15 years...

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I guess you've already read that news : https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/602ca5892badc18f74292d986f59101d3b220ad8

Japan will be forced to unmasked by the outside : in spring, Korea aand other countries will ditch their masks.

The situation won't last forever. It will last longer than in other places, but certainly not forever.

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