butbutbutbutbut exponential!!!! butbutbutbut Black Swan!!!!
Ain’t it embarrassing to see red-blooded Americans cowering in fear, pissing their pants, and then to be shown up by our one-time enemy, who exhibits backbone?
To be fair, Japan has been sheltering in place since the end of February, and cancelling its own sports events: the Sumo tournament is being held without an audience, and their high school baseball tourney, as big there as college football championships here, has been cancelled.
Abe is betting that the backside of the curve will be behind them by July. Whether the rest of the world is willing to quit its virtue signaling and join in is a separate issue.