First, please open this page.

Select "Influenza" or "Influenza Hospitalization" as the name of the infectious disease, check the "Compare with previous year" box, and click the "Update" button.

It is obvious that there has been no flu epidemic at This fiscal year.

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We are now living in the first "hygienic" world in human history, where you can go out and find a bottle of rubbing alcohol within 20 minutes.

I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that we have completely contained the flu this year.

In this ultra-hygienic world, the number of people infected with the new corona, which is (by my estimate) 20 to 40 times more deadly than the regular flu, is not decreasing.

I mean, "What a murderous infection in a world that has the flu completely under control". I can't help but sigh.

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- No clusters of customers (x employees) have been identified in pachinko parlors.

- Within the scope of regular classes (x extra-curricular sports classes), the incidence of clusters in schools is surprisingly low.

- There is no evidence of clusters on commuter trains (or maybe this is untraceable).

As a result,

Though it's obvious to everyone that the cluster is caused by droplet infection from face-to-face conversation,

I am stunned by the fact that there are still "idiots making noise and drinking in the entertainment district".

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You can go to a cabaret, a bar, a maid cafe, or anywhere you want, for as long as you want.

Whether it's a year-end party or a New Year's party, you can do as much as you want.

Rather, I think many people should actively go there to support the restaurant industry.

However, "you drink and eat alone," "you don't entertain," and "you read a paperback while drinking"

As long as you follow these instructions, you should be fine.

"A restaurant can take a group of customers and seat them in different places "

No exceptions," whether it's a colleague at work, a client's entertainment, a family member, or a lover.

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However, my wife, who works in a restaurant, kicked it off as "nonsense".

She told me that since restaurants are "places where people eat while enjoying conversation", such services are "the same as denying the restaurant's self".

That's right, I guess, however,

But I usually have "dinner alone at an izakaya", and if someone says "New Year's party at a discrete table", I'm more than happy to join.

I have started up "NHK Plus" from my computer browser and watched the 7 o'clock NHK news.

Today, I happened to watch a special feature on the TV show entitled "Life and Society Change! Amazing pushing power of "fan".

I have a lot of respect for the people who are crazy about idols and animes.

Well, I'm an anime fan myself.

Like Steins;Gate, or Steins;Gate Zero.

However, I don't really understand the feeling of "pushing" for a particular character.

But I think the "pushing" is also good -- or rather, that's the mainstream.

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However, when it comes to professional baseball, soccer, sumo, and other sports, I don't have any such "respect".

It's not even a millimeter anymore, but a picometer.

This may be due to the fact that when I was a teenager, I was loathed by the dumb athletic guys.

I hated them, especially the guys on the rugby team, because they couldn't win a single game in any tournament, but they always looked like they were going to win.

On the other hand, I can understand (now) that from their point of view, I was a guy who talked politics and philosophy in a petty way, and they must have felt uncomfortable.

I think the discomfort continued to be fostered by our mutual disdain for one another.

Well, in hindsight, it was "stupid on both sides", and the only thing that remains is the unpleasant memory.

Unfortunately, there is no chance that I will ever become a fan of professional baseball, soccer, sumo wrestling, or any other sports-related activities.

# Oh, except for skiing (moguls and giant slalom).

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Hence, I don't like drinking parties.

Even if the topic is not sports, I also dislike (1) people who talk passionately about Evangelion, and (2) people who are good at naming characters of the Three Kingdoms.

On the other hand, I know that you don't like guys who (a) point out the problems with the way things work, or (b) tell stories about new coronaviruses whose transmission strategies are not viable.

Therefore, I believe that "drinking parties should disappear from the world"