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InspectorGadget
105 people eh. So they studied everyone who has had the vaccine so far in Japan. :-p
mmwkdw
Also, if you play the numbers game, start looking at the percentage of population who are dying of Covid or who are infected, rather than the absolute numbers.
theFu
Vaccines are why humans life 2x longer today than in 1900. Fear of vaccines has been around just as long. It wasn't until someone high in British society brought back the idea from living outside Europe that purposefully infected her son with a mild smallpox, which he recovered from, that other high-society people started doing the same. That technique spread among the wealthy, to protect against smallpox.
It was also noticed that milkmaids never got smallpox, but they all caught cowpox and recovered from it. Turns out that cowpox and smallpox are related enough that our immune systems can destroy smallpox after successfully fighting the never-fatal cowpox. Soon, rather than infecting people with a small amount smallpox (2% death rate), they started using cowpox instead.
Thanks to our understanding of DNA, we now can create vaccines to gum up the workings of COVID with the mRNA vaccines. The vaccines aren't so specific as to only work for 1 strain, but they aren't so general as to be a risk for "good things" in our bodies either. That is the balancing act that Pfizer and Moderna successfully walked.
The other vaccines - J&J, AZ, SinoVac, SputnikV each work in the old way that isn't nearly as targeted.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/a-history-of-vaccination/
falseflagsteve
Late vaccinations may well be a blessing in disguise. Perhaps s long term side effects will start showing soon in the mass vaccination countries that run on hysteria.
Obviously side effects may be minimal but better safe than sorry
Sven Asai
Bs, you can know all that only after the vaccinations have been completed, not beforehand, based on whispers or data snippets from other countries.
bogva
I saw this on the news last night. Even one dose proves to be effective in producing antibodies in 57% of the cases. Less effective for the mutations though.
What's important is that after the 2nd shot all strains were covered with antibodies for more than 90% of the vaccinated! The sample number is low because they tested the university hospital staff if I'm not wrong.
Christopher Glen
"My wife in Japan has been fully vaccinated (still alive) and I’ve had one injection of AZ.
In June I will have the second one."
Long-term though, that could be another story.
kurisupisu
My wife in Japan has been fully vaccinated (still alive) and I’ve had one injection of AZ.
In June I will have the second one.
InspectorGadget
There's been so many waves, you'd think Suga was at a surfing contest.
Enough with the studies, roll he vaccines out!
therougou
Wait, isn't that the variant the media was telling us would be the end of Japan?
Droll Quarry
I had my double dose of Moderna back in Jan. and Feb. The side effects consisted of a sore arm for a day or two and a craving for Corona Beer, which I found acceptable for an experimental vaccine that has been given to several million people. My wife had her shots with somewhat different reactions... she had the sore arm, but it may have come from the amount of typing she performed placing orders on amazon.jp.
hatsufred
I have no fear about taking vaccine.
kwatt
Such study really doesn't matter, but so many people have troubles to make reservations now by phone. All lines are too busy, so they can't make reservations of vaccine day and time. Most elderly people can't use PCs and don't have one home.
theResident
@falseflagsteve: Where I do respect your opinion , sadly it is people like you that will slow the road back to normality. Open borders, without constant testing. Not having to wear masks. Perspex gone from restaurants. Live Music. List is endless.
falseflagsteve
Shame w don’t know possible long term side effects of the vaccine, disaster waiting to happen possibly.
theResident
@Samit Basu: Moderna will be banned in Japan simply because they are going to manufacture some in Korea - where on earth does your link even mention that???
Moerna is already on the country and will be approved next week.
I've followed you over the years, this is just you being anti-Japan as usual - please do NOT post fake news
theResident
@Michael Machida: Another pointless provocative comment from you. You know exactly why as you have been involved in many discussions on this very website. You also know that both Moderna and AZ will be approved next week.
To be clear , I am in no way defending the appalling rollout of the vaccine by Japan.
Numbers elsewhere clearly show it works, both in keeping people out of hospital and the more data we have, also preventing transmission.
MotMotMot
Accord to NHK 40% of European vaccine exports go to Japan. That's 74 MILLION doses from Europe already. I think they'll be fine.
Samit Basu
@Newgirlintown
The booster shot coming out this fall/winter will be able to handle it.
The COVID is surprisingly stable relative to Influenza virus and already all possible mutations are appearing across the globe. The only mutation that would affect vaccine effectiveness is the E484K/Q mutation in the spike protein, and fall booster shots cover this mutation.
Newgirlintown
Who knows what variants will be around by the time I get it in 2023 or whenever, it’ll probably have mutated into something completely different by then.
Samit Basu
@Michael Machida
Looks like Moderna vaccine will be banned in Japan because the Japanese supply will come from Korea.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2021/05/693_308712.html
shogun36
Welcome to your daily episode of “What everyone outside of Japan knows, that Japan doesn’t.”
Today’s sponsors are ignorance, arrogance and intolerance.
Mercy
theFu
More study doesn't harm, provided they are jabbing as many arms as possible too!
Thanks for the laugh. Appreciated.
Does JT just not post all the information about where people in Japan can get vaccinated, get appointments or is that not happening widely there?
Michael Machida
The vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE is currently the only one authorized for use in Japan.
I see. Why?
didou
Even is the results of the study is positive, it is to reassure people at that time with the vaccine.
Only 105 in the study and over 90 to 95% have antibodies. Good result but not enough people.
To be convinced, all should now be voluntary exposed to the virus and see if they are really protected.
Newgirlintown
Japanese DNA is completely unique when compared to dirty foreign DNA. Because of this, only a vaccine produced by Japanese people for Japanese people will be effect. Studies show that, under a microscope, Japanese DNA takes its shoes off when entering a house and is really good at using chopsticks.
noriahojanen
The sample size is too small. Rollout and collect more data.
hatsufred
But it isn’t made specifically for Japanese people, so it will never work here. Early dose of sarcasm I believe !
foreignbrotherhoodarmy
But it isn’t made specifically for Japanese people, so it will never work here.
Monty
Study? Start to roll out...
George Townes
Not if it isn't given to us.
sakurasuki
Study? What people need is inoculation.