In a recent study, 4.6% and 6.7% of healthcare workers who wore surgical and N95 masks suffered headaches. In contrast, about 99% of companies in Japan’s service sector seem to be suffering headaches from the government’s announcement that masking should become an individual’s decision to coincide with Covid finally being downgraded on
The guy who served me at Lawson last night was wearing his mask on his chin while stacking shelves, but hitched it back up when he came to the register. I almost felt like asking him to please leave it off, but I don't think a foreigner's opinion is going to change anything.
In brighter news, ANA was less strict yesterday than I'd feared - the cabin attendants didn't tell me off (I had a prop water bottle), and I even spotted a Japanese lady snoozing with her mask pulled down. Baby steps.
They are planning on down grading covid on May 8th. That’s after Golden Week. So, for 4 years, no GW or a greatly reduced Golden Week. It being anytime in May also guarantees a fight with my med and nursing school over masks. I am so sick of this.
I had always wondered if it were possible to recreate the Milgram experiment on an entire population. I now have 3 years of evidence and about 120,000,000 participants to refer to.
Just returned from a month in Tokyo, staying with family.
We attended a buffet at a large restaurant on Christmas Day and my husband and I wore a mask when we were serving ourselves at buffet. That was only time in a month that we wore a mask. Before we visited, we were told at the very least, we must wear a mask in convenience store, as staff and customers would voice their displeasure at us. Not so, we only saw kindness and helpfulness everywhere, to our faces!
My Japanese daughter in law of course wears a mask outside at all times, as do her family. But it IS peer pressure why she does. She’s a very intelligent lady and knows these masks do not provide any protection by wearing them.
I don’t think the Japanese people are happy about foreigners not wearing masks but that’s the price you have to pay to get tourists back and boost the economy.
Now when are they going to drop vaccination/PCR test requirements? Why are they going to be a thing when “Covid” is officially flu from May.
Covidianism has truly taken hold as the religion of the Japanese people. It's not even about thinking at all anymore. It's like going out and putting on a hijab or turban.
So that I understand the masking requirements, is a mask required to be worn on Japanese public transportation (eg, shinkansen) up until 8th May? Or even afterwards? Family member is traveling to Japan in mid-March. Does he have to wear a mask on public transportation? Thanks.
We need to move on from the Japs masking since some will mask until sayonara.
The masking mindset has been unconditionally firmly entrenched.
Here in western Sydney, Australia, two days ago I saw a fit-looking man in his late 50s returning home with shopping bags in hand on a beautiful sunny summer's day with a cloth mask on top of his surgical mask. AND HE HAD THE FOOTPATH TO HIMSELF! (I was on the other side of the road. As a general rule, I avoid laypeople who wear masks. For those wearing medical gowns, I leer at them! And they tend to avoid me!)
So depressing. Imagine the internal madness going on in folks' heads. Grade A psyop stuff.
The guy who served me at Lawson last night was wearing his mask on his chin while stacking shelves, but hitched it back up when he came to the register. I almost felt like asking him to please leave it off, but I don't think a foreigner's opinion is going to change anything.
In brighter news, ANA was less strict yesterday than I'd feared - the cabin attendants didn't tell me off (I had a prop water bottle), and I even spotted a Japanese lady snoozing with her mask pulled down. Baby steps.
I live in Hong Kong, it's even worse here. Masking is like a badge of honour for some people.
To be brutally honest, it's not really psychology we are talking about here... It's just stupidity, plain and simple.
They are planning on down grading covid on May 8th. That’s after Golden Week. So, for 4 years, no GW or a greatly reduced Golden Week. It being anytime in May also guarantees a fight with my med and nursing school over masks. I am so sick of this.
I had always wondered if it were possible to recreate the Milgram experiment on an entire population. I now have 3 years of evidence and about 120,000,000 participants to refer to.
Just returned from a month in Tokyo, staying with family.
We attended a buffet at a large restaurant on Christmas Day and my husband and I wore a mask when we were serving ourselves at buffet. That was only time in a month that we wore a mask. Before we visited, we were told at the very least, we must wear a mask in convenience store, as staff and customers would voice their displeasure at us. Not so, we only saw kindness and helpfulness everywhere, to our faces!
My Japanese daughter in law of course wears a mask outside at all times, as do her family. But it IS peer pressure why she does. She’s a very intelligent lady and knows these masks do not provide any protection by wearing them.
I don’t think the Japanese people are happy about foreigners not wearing masks but that’s the price you have to pay to get tourists back and boost the economy.
Now when are they going to drop vaccination/PCR test requirements? Why are they going to be a thing when “Covid” is officially flu from May.
Us gaijin have an advantage in Japan in that we are thought of as weirdos by default. Take advantage my gaijin friends!
It breaks my heart to see my 10 and 11 year old grandson’s wearing masks at schools
Barbaric and inhumane
Sorry Japanese people, these masks neither prevent infection to yourselves or transmission to others.
They are harmful to a child’s development
Please ditch them
The best part of being a conspiracy theorist is NOT having myocarditis
Covidianism has truly taken hold as the religion of the Japanese people. It's not even about thinking at all anymore. It's like going out and putting on a hijab or turban.
There is a simple solution: all the gaijins should leave and not enter Nippon! :) (Actually, that is the wish of some Japs.)
I really do hope so.
Found the whole PCR test intrusive and not knowing what is on the swab is worrying
Fingers crossed (why wait until May - so Japanese)
So that I understand the masking requirements, is a mask required to be worn on Japanese public transportation (eg, shinkansen) up until 8th May? Or even afterwards? Family member is traveling to Japan in mid-March. Does he have to wear a mask on public transportation? Thanks.
Guy,
We need to move on from the Japs masking since some will mask until sayonara.
The masking mindset has been unconditionally firmly entrenched.
Here in western Sydney, Australia, two days ago I saw a fit-looking man in his late 50s returning home with shopping bags in hand on a beautiful sunny summer's day with a cloth mask on top of his surgical mask. AND HE HAD THE FOOTPATH TO HIMSELF! (I was on the other side of the road. As a general rule, I avoid laypeople who wear masks. For those wearing medical gowns, I leer at them! And they tend to avoid me!)