What is happening in the US is a transcontinental tsunami. Recent cases in Japan have run up sharply, leading to another round of partial lockdowns, but reported cases appear subdued compared to the US or Europe. Total cases in the US have now surpassed 23,000,000 cumulative while the cumulative number for Japan just passed 315,000 cases. That is 69 cases per 1,000 people in the US vs. 2 cases per 1,000 in Japan. If Japan had the same ratio of cases per 1,000 people as the US, Japan would have more than 8,700,000 cases. That approximates the population of metropolitan Tokyo. If the US had the same ratio of cases per 1,000 people as Japan, the number of cases would be under 660,000. That is...
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