Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "How Japanese See Foreign Tourists" video.

  1. In relation to the english speaking girl's sentiments, part of the reason why the Japanese economy is crashing is BECAUSE foreigners have been denied entry into Japan. Japan has a pretty huge tourist industry after all. But during the lockdown-like periods, many restaurants, hotels and tourist destinations have fallen on really hard times or have been forced to close shop permanently.
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  2. It's sad to see that people still believe that the masks actually make a difference. If you're outdoors, the enviroment is well ventilated already, so the mask doesn't really do anything that the ambient air current isn't already taking care of. And if you're indoors, the masks simply do not help because you still exhale out the sides and the back of the mask and after an hour or so, whatever room you occupy will be filled with virus particles anyway. The masks are basically like carrying a rabbit's paw foe good luck. It's superstition with no rational effect whatsoever.
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  3. The english speaking man is completely right. The "preventative efforts" to stop the spread of the corona virus has killed more people than the virus itself has. If the "cure" is killing more people than the disease, it seems foolish to enforce the cure to begin with.
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  4.  @adavis1129  2,2 % of a nations GDP is pretty huge actually. What you have to understand is that in this regard, businesses have an impact on eachother. They're not isolated little islands where if only 2 % falls in hard times, all other businesses go unaffected. The hotels and the restaurants for example, they usually order foodstuffs from somewhere. If they see a massive drop in customers, then their orders for foodstuffs will go down as well. Meaning that fisheries, farmers and other food producers get affected. So that "mere" 2,2 percent of GDP which tourism might represent, probably affected adjacent businesses that represent closer to 5-6 % of GDP negatively. And you don't need much more than that for an economy to start going in a downward spiral.
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