I just read in a recent Tribune that Utah had 1,715 new cases of COVID-19 as of Oct. 1. In the same edition there was an article indicating Japan is now reporting about 1,600 new COVID-19 cases a day.
Utah has a population of about 3,300,000.
Japan has a population of about 126,000,000.
Why is densely populated Japan (59% full vaccination rate) with about 122,000,000 more people than Utah (51% full vaccination rate) faring better?
I’m guessing it’s because everyone in Japan wears protective masks in public?
John Spear, Holladay
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