Chapter 172
The story of the mysterious Japan’s medical system. There is no sign that the spread of the infection will subside. Young people are probably at the limit of their patience. I feel that it is impossible to spend the precious time of youth, which is only once, at home or in a boarding house. Playing and romance are the privileges of youth freed from studying for entrance exams, and it is a tragedy for students to enter university on a sunny day and not even meet their classmates and seniors. They are too unlucky. There is no reason for youth to be quiet if adults who should set an example do not follow the rules. It is said that the number of severe infected people yesterday was 1230, the highest number ever. Is Japan's medical system tight with only 1230 people against a population of about 126 million? The number of people injured in traffic accidents, which continues to decline, was about 368,000 last year, so a simple calculation shows an average of about 1008 people per day. The peak number of deaths from traffic accidents was 16,765 in 1970, which exceeds the cumulative total of 15,315 deaths due to Covid-19. Speaking of 1970, it's more than half a century ago. During Japan's high economic growth period, at the Osaka Expo, I remember the song "Konnichiwa(Hello)~♪ Konnichiwa(Hello)~ ♪" , and traffic accidents increased sharply due to rapid motorization that was called the first traffic war, and car safety became a social problem. By simple calculation, 45 people died per day. Since there is no record of the number of seriously injured people due to traffic accidents, I cannot say clearly, but I don’t know whether there was a discussion about the tight medical system. The enhancement of the medical system, including Japan's social security system, is highly evaluated worldwide. The fact that there are reports that the mortality rate from influenza and other illnesses in the elderly has decreased and the average life expectancy has increased because of the Covid-19 suggests that the number of hospitalized patients with these illnesses has also decreased. In any case, it may have been forgiven last year, but why is it so tight with a year's grace? It can be inferred that the medical system is still biased and that some medical institutions are overloaded. The number of severe Covid-19 infection yesterday was 1 in 100,000 in an easy-to-understand manner. The number of infected people is less than 1 in 100. It can be understood from the numbers that none of the acquaintances living in Japan that I contact, including at work, have been infected, let alone seriously ill. Furthermore, the probability of death of 19 people per day is 15/10 million. Comparing without fear of criticism of unscrupulousness in order to explain the numbers in an easy-to-understand manner, the probability of Covid-19 death is 15 times of winning 500 million yen in the lottery of 1/10 million, and only 7.5 times of crashing and dying on an airplane of 1 /4.86 million. These numbers represent the amazing height of Japanese medical technology. It was said that there were many hidden infections last year due to the inadequate PCR testing system, but it seems that there are not so many now. In India that developed the highly contagious Delta variant, the number of infected people reached 380,000 / day at the peak in May. The total number of deaths is about 430,000. Since the population is 1,360 million, it is about 10 times that of Japan, which is equivalent to 38,000 people / day and 43,000 deaths in terms of the number of infected people in Japan. The overwhelmingly small number of seriously ill and victims in Japan indicates the high level of medical technology, but what is the cause of the shortage of beds? Unless the number of beds increases, the youth cannot be regained.
The UV-LED shower box is installed and fighting with the Covid-19 in a hospital.
August 11, 2021
Mystery of Japan’s medical system
