Our excellent provider of local news, The Great Falls Connection, has published a remarkable opinion piece written by 17-year-old Langley High School junior, Lucy Chen.

Japan used to have the 3rd most number of Covid-19 cases, but it has since dropped to number 31. How? After all, Japan was one of the first countries to get the virus. It has an aging population and high population density. It hasn’t put in any strict regulations until recently. Shouldn’t Japan be the epicenter of this virus? Yet, only 1,866 people got the virus, and only 54 have died.

Read the entire article here.