Farmboy said...

Farmboy at 03:56 PM JST - 29th August

Earlier in the day, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases said in a preliminary report that about 150,000 people are estimated to have become infected with influenza in the week up to last Sunday, considered mostly the new strain of the flu.

peachy871,

I was looking at the number 150,000,…

Posted in Health ministry: 20% of population may be infected with new flu at 03:56 PM JST - 29th August
Farmboy at 01:33 PM JST - 29th August

If all these numbers about the past week are correct, then Japan has more H1N1 cases than any other country in the world. (http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/)

Congratulations!

Posted in Health ministry: 20% of population may be infected with new flu at 01:33 PM JST - 29th August
Farmboy at 12:27 PM JST - 29th August

I foresee Tamiflu parties in the future. The government will sell the flu party kits. There will be small Hello Kitties with masks included. Another marketing sensation to sweep the world.

Posted in Health ministry: 20% of population may be infected with new flu at 12:27 PM JST - 29th August
Farmboy at 12:22 PM JST - 29th August

Yes, there seem to be more and more unfeeling people in the world. It's hard to turn kids like this around, too. I don't know what the answer is after they are this old. I'm sure you can't beat them into being considerate, though. It takes a desire on their…

Posted in Three teens arrested for setting homeless man's shack on fire at 12:22 PM JST - 29th August
Farmboy at 04:34 PM JST - 28th August

This virus is a new strain of flu virus and very contagious.

I know it's very contagious, but the number for the cases in the world was 180,000 a couple of weeks ago. It seems more likely that they have an extra zero in this report, and that the number…

Posted in 150,000 patients estimated to have contracted flu this week at 04:34 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 03:44 PM JST - 28th August

It's nice to see people making these kinds of changes. It will take a while to work out the problems, but this is the kind of thing that needs to happen.

Posted in Electric taxis to run in Tokyo, adopting battery switch system at 03:44 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 03:35 PM JST - 28th August

150,000 in a week? That seems high...is it correct? From the first case in Japan until the 24th of July, there were just a bit over 5000 cases total, and now we hear a number thirty times as large happened in a week?

Posted in 150,000 patients estimated to have contracted flu this week at 03:35 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 03:26 PM JST - 28th August

There has just been a worldwide recession, and it's probably not over yet, though there are positive signs. Japan will get better when everybody else gets better. Neither party is going to fix this, though I'm sure one party will get blamed and another will take credit for any improvement.

Posted in Record jobless rate hits Aso gov't ahead of Sunday's election at 03:26 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 03:16 PM JST - 28th August

The problem is with leaving babies in hot cars. Where the mother went is irrelevant, and this kind of poor parenting occurs everywhere. It doesn't take long for a baby left in a hot car to die, whether the parent is shopping for groceries, playing pachinko, or doing charity work.

Posted in Baby boy dies in locked car while mother plays pachinko in Akita at 03:16 PM JST - 28th August
Farmboy at 10:30 AM JST - 28th August

I can't believe so many parents are clueless about the danger...amazing. I'm sure the mom is feeling awful about this, but it's hard to be sympathetic.

Posted in Baby boy dies in locked car while mother plays pachinko in Akita at 10:30 AM JST - 28th August