Disappointing local government heads - Coronavirus and Olympics

On July 28, 2021, right in the middle of the Tokyo Olympics, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported as follows.

On the 29th, the government decided to issue a state of emergency to Osaka Prefecture, which is applying "priority measures such as prevention of spread" as a countermeasure against the new coronavirus, and to Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures. The period is until August 31st. Priority measures will be applied to Hokkaido, Hyogo, Kyoto, Ishikawa, and Fukuoka prefectures. The government told the ruling party executives.

　 Currently, the declaration has been issued to Tokyo and Okinawa prefectures until August 22, but the deadline will be extended to the 31 days.

Prime Minister Suga

On the evening of the 29th, Prime Minister Suga announced to reporters that he would decide on a government response on the 30th after consulting with his relevant ministers at his prime minister's office.

The prime minister said, "We are responding with a strong sense of crisis. We would like to respond firmly in each region while advancing vaccination so as not to cause an insufficient bed availability."

The total number of corona deaths in Japan over the last two years is 15,000. This is not much different from twice the number of influenza deaths each year.

The population of the United States is 2.6 times that of Japan. However, the total number of corona deaths is 610,000.

East Asians are more resistant to the coronavirus. Moreover, influenza is almost extinct. 0731-21

It's not something you can brag about to the world. But politicians should have taken more courage to keep their economy from declining.

Sweden has taken the courage to lift the restrictions on behavior, but the death toll has not risen sharply. In other developed countries, there is a movement to deregulate, although it may be a vaccine premise.

It is disappointing that the heads of local governments such as Osaka ask the central government to issue a declaration as if to escape responsibility. At first I saw the governor of Osaka as an independent person, but now he is a completely different person.

The Reality is that the Rate of Suicide is Higher than the Death from Illness in Corona

When I turned on the TV wide show for the first time in a while, it started with the story of the Olympic athlete's corona infection, and there was a lot of noise about the risk of corona. Isn't it the ultimate risk of death? Then, how do you deal with the problem of suicide risk?

The rate of suicide and disappearance from the world that has become difficult to live in Corona is higher than the rate of dying in Corona. My daughter, who is a nurse at a large hospital in Osaka, was surprised at the large number of suicide attempts immediately after she was temporarily transferred to the Corona Severe Ward.

From Jiji Press Suicide last year, increase for the first time in 11 years Corona effect, serious in women - Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare breaking news January 22, 2021 10:09

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 22nd that the number of suicides (preliminary figures) in 2020 based on the statistics of the National Police Agency was 29,919, which is 750 (3.7%) higher than the previous year's confirmed figure.

Although the number of suicides has decreased for 10 consecutive years, the number of female suicides has increased for the first time in 2 years, and the total number of men and women has increased for the first time in 11 years since 2009 after the Lehman shock. The number of suicides per 100,000 population (suicide mortality rate) was 16.6, the first increase in 11 years.

　 The background to the increase in female suicide seems to be the economic deterioration caused by the spread of the new coronavirus infection. A person in charge of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, "The number of cases of women due to health, living difficulties, family problems, etc. is increasing. We would like to expand the consultation desk and connect those who are worried to support organizations."

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of male suicides decreased by 135 from the previous year to 13,943, the 11th consecutive year of decrease, but the number of females increased by 885 to 6976.

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https://www.jiji.com/jc/article (Japanese version)

It's not welcome that Tsukemen soup is boiling on a hot summer day!

I had been living without lunch for about 3 months trying to lose weight, but I found a new ramen shop in front of Higashimikuni station and broke the ban.

The shop name is "Akinai". It's a Japanese word meaning business. I ordered Tanrei Tsukemen. Tanrei means "light and tasty". Tsukemen means a ramen dish in Japanese cuisine consisting of noodles which are eaten after being dipped in a separate bowl of soup or broth. Somehow, elaborate tsukemen came out. On this hot day, the soup was served in a heated stone pot, and I was stunned to see it boiling.

Moreover, there is wonton in the soup.

In addition, the noodle bowl is filled with kelp water.

The taste was certainly Tanrei. It was an unwelcome favor that the juice was boiling on a hot summer day, though.