What Covid?

Tokyo confirmed 20 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Dec. 17, five fewer than the same day a week ago.

The seven-day average of new cases over the week through Dec. 17 came to 20.4, or 111.5 percent of the figure for the previous week, metropolitan health officials said.

Three patients were listed in serious condition and required special breathing equipment. The number was unchanged from the previous day.

No related deaths were reported.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14504630

No deaths in a city of 14 million at the time of a pandemic. And we still debate whether to get vaccinated or wear a mask. Unbelievable.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14502710

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“Parental guidance which leads to superego formation—one must keep one’s promises, ill-advised as these may have been—develops a responsible conscience. Such a conscience is necessary for a happy personal and sexual union, which without a mature conscience would be lacking in seriousness and permanence.”

--- Bruno Bettelheim. “The Uses of Enchantment.”

Note the context of a long-term relationship.

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