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Japan's radiation problem - They lied to us.

2016-07-01 · 2 min

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    Travel entry, day 75. 7 weeks have passed

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    since I came to Japan. Everything was

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    going great until a few days ago. A few

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    days ago, I started to notice an itchy red

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    patch of skin starting to form on my arms

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    and my hands. I didn't think it was much,

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    and I just ignored it. Oh, it'll go away

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    soon. I thought to myself. But it didn't.

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    The red patch of skin started to get

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    larger and itchier. The Japanese

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    government said that the radiation problem

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    was under control and it was safe to come

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    to Japan, but they lied. They have no

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    control over the situation at all. The

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    radiation is everywhere. It's in the

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    water, it's in the air, it's in the soy

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    sauce. I tried applying various creams,

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    but it doesn't stop the itchiness. The red

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    patches of skin becomes dry and and

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    inflamed. The skin starts to flake off.

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    The urge to scratch becomes too hard to

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    resist. What is this madness? I thought to

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    myself. This is Japan, not some kind of

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    third-world country. Things are clean and

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    sanitized here. How could this happen? I

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    lie in my bed trying to sleep, but the

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    constant itchiness keeps me awake all

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    night. Scratch me, scratch me, it whispers

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    in my ear. No, I mustn't! I try hopelessly

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    to resist. But it's useless. I just want

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    to scratch and scratch until there's

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    nothing left. Nothing left but flesh and

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    bone.

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    After hours of research on Wikipedia, I

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    came to the conclusion that I have

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    radiation poisoning. No, don't come near

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    me. Wikipedia says it's highly contagious,

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    and if it's on Wikipedia, then it must be

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    true. There's no hope. There's no cure.

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    There's no treatment. There's nothing you

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    can do. Just leave me. Maybe I'll turn

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    into some kind of mutant with superpowers.

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    I could be called Skin Man, with the super

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    ability to make my enemies really, really

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