Status Updates From The COVID-19 Catastrophe: W...

haven't read properly in so long that im logging books im using for my studies 😭😭

... *reads 2-star review of this book*
what... this person rates this book because the author goes easy on China? ... I don't think that's the point of this book. And besides, as an East Asian I don't want Chinese people to be associated with this pandemic ('cause that could easily lead to more hate toward Ease Asian people.. and hate and prejudices toward Chinese people in Japan as well.)

on the other hand, I think the Taiwanese government is doing a great job trying to stop the virus. When my friend went to Taipei, she had to stay in the hotel for 2 weeks, and was not able to go out the hotel door. (was not even able to put the used towel (she wanted it washed) on the table that's blocking the door)

> and she just went around the city the next day she arrived from Sweden. I don't think the Japanese Government is doing anything to stop the spread of this virus. They do things that sound okay on paper and pretends that everything is under control.
(Just think about the "Go-To Travel". ugh.)

^ .... sadly, this is NOT strictly enforced to Japanese people who live abroad and came back to Japan for a short stay.
My friend who lives in Sweden came back to Tokyo for a few weeks earlier this year, and the border officials just let her go back to her mother's house with the promise that they'll contact her daily for a health check-up, but since she didn't have Japanese phone number, they couldn't reach her, >

Several Asian countries (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong) implemented strict border controls as part of their pandemic response, often with mandatory testing and 14-day quarantine to cover the full incubation period of the virus.

Syndemic: Merrill Singer (American medical anthropologist) studying AIDS.
--> noticed how it was especially harming poor urban African-American communities.
Linkages between the biological and the social determinants of disease and to define the implications of those linkage for prognosis, treatment and broader health policies.