More illnesses, the Japanese worry, will result from downgrading Covid to flu.

According to media reports from Saturday, millions of people in Japan are at long-term risk of contracting the deadly Covid-19 virus if the government downgrades its legal status from pandemic to seasonal flu. Japan Today notes that this spring, teachers, health professionals, and other residents expressed concern over the reclassification of Covid as influenza. I am concerned that the spread of the disease could increase if quarantine was no ....