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Topic Reading-Vol.3250-3/5/2021

英語で世界を知ろう!Topic Reading

2021/03/05 Topic Reading-Vol.3250-3/5/2021

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Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming

The postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are due to start in July. There is every reason to rollout the Covid-19 vaccination process as soon as and as quickly as possible in Japan. However, the approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which had already been approved by the US, UK, and even WHO, took months longer in Japan. It actually came after conducting a domestic test of 160 participants on February 14, six weeks after the WHO approval. Were 160 samples sufficient to enough to prove the safety and efficacy of the vaccine? Are Japanese people biologically so different from others in the world?

Japanese people, companies, and governments are all obsessed with flawless procedures, products, and services. That’s why Japanese products are of high quality and services are of high standard. But in turn, when it comes to innovating, introducing, or trying out new things or ideas, Japan is awfully slow because people always worry about the problems rather than the benefits first. Even though there were past incidents that made Japanese people concerned about the side effects of the vaccination, there seems to be an urgency to contain this highly infectious disease for lives, the economy, and the Olympic Games.

Read the article and learn about Japan’s skepticism about vaccination.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/26/asia/japan-covid-vaccination-program-intl-hnk-dst/index.html

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