Posted on 11/01/2021 5:15:28 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
Japan's health ministry is planning to provide COVID-19 vaccine booster shots from December and has asked local authorities to prepare venues and reservation systems. The shots will be offered to anyone who has received two shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or AstraZeneca vaccines.
The ministry says 65 percent of the population has now had two shots. But the duration of the vaccines' efficacy is still unclear and "breakthrough" infections, which occur two weeks or more after the second dose, are being reported in Japan and overseas.
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Pushback from experts
The booster plan has generated controversy in Japan, where some immunology experts argue the government should be focusing instead on raising the rate of initial doses.
"Completing the two-dose regimen is a higher priority," says Okada Kenji, president of the Japanese Society for Vaccinology. "We should carefully weigh the infection situation before rushing to offer the third shots."
But Okada acknowledges that it is important to lay the groundwork for booster shots in light of the breakthrough cases being reported and the gaps in our knowledge about the virus.
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Jabs for Japs 🇯🇵
I thought they dropped everything in favor of Ivermectin.
Only in the fantasy land of some posters here.
The FEVERED fantasy minds of some posters.
“Booster shots,” AKA “Kill shots.”
Some humans in Japan need a DNA update, this new version is A-OK. No issues yet. Yuk yuk. Sayonara!
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