The corona sickness caused by the Omicron strain is steadily expanding.  To date, the number of infected people in the world is 330 million, the number of deaths is 5.55 million, the number of infected people in Japan is 1.9 million, and the number of deaths is 18,433.  By the way, it is estimated that 400 million people were infected with the Spanish flu in 1918 and 100 million people died.  On the other hand, the number of fatalities due to natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and accompanying tsunamis and fires was 300,000 in Bangladesh (Cyclone), which ranked first, and 105,000 in the Great Kanto Earthquake (earthquake / fire), which ranked ninth, and 19,000 in the Great East Japan Earthquake (earthquake / tsunami), which ranked 31th, and 6,300 in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (earthquake / fire), which ranked 44th. In this way, the harm caused by infectious diseases is an order of magnitude greater. I want to somehow escape from this corona disaster by the end of this year.

オミクロン株によるコロナ禍が拡大の一途を辿っています。現在までの世界の感染者数は3.3億人、死亡者数は555万人、日本の感染者数は190万人、死亡者数は18,433人です。因みに1918年に起こったスペイン風邪による感染者数は4億人、死亡者数は1億人と推定されています。一方、地震や火山噴火、それに伴う津波や火災といった自然災害による死亡者数は、1位のバングラデシュ(サイクロン)で30万人、9位の関東大震災（地震／火災）で10万5,000人、31位の東日本大震災（地震／津波）で1万9,000人、そして44位の阪神淡路大震（地震/火災)で6,300人ですから、被感染症による害は桁違いに大きいわけです。何とか今年中にはこのコロナ禍から脱出したいものです。