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The development of new coronavirus vaccines is progressing around the world and inoculation will begin in Japan in early 2021.
However, there is data that the number of Japanese who want to be vaccinated is less than in other countries. It has been pointed out that the background for this is the media focus on the side effects of the vaccine.
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From the materials of the 43rd Health Sciences Council (Subcommittee on Vaccines / Vaccines Subcommittee on Basic Immunization Policies)
“Skepticism about the vaccine runs deep.”
On December 18, 2008, the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer applied to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for approval to manufacture and sell the first new corona virus in Japan. It is expected to be supplied as soon as its efficacy and safety are confirmed.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of the project, as of February 21 to the medical staff from March to the leaflet, and March and April to the leaflet to ensure the vaccination system for the elderly, then inoculated with priority, as in people with disease underlying. It is a policy to do so.
On the other hand, it is difficult to say that the expectations for vaccines are high. In a survey of 1,000 adults in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, France, the United States and Japan from November 20 to December 1, the public relations consultancy “Kext CNC” carried out inoculation when possible. The percentage of Japanese who responded that they would receive it was the second lowest at 50%.
In an article dated Dec. 23, the Bloomberg news agency reported that vaccine skepticism runs deep in Japan due to the effects of past drug damage and sensational reports of side reactions.
An example is the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer. “As a result of the media picking up on a large number of side reactions to the HPV vaccine, the government ultimately refrained from actively recommending it,” he said. The role of the government and the media is important for the dissemination of the new corona vaccine. Tell the expert’s speech.
According to research results published in the academic journal “Clinical Infectious Diseases” of the American Society for Infectious Diseases in September 2016 by physicians from Teikyo University Chiba General Medical Center, Asahi Shimbun published “Walking and math after vaccination against HPV “in March 2013. Negative articles, such as side reactions, have increased in national newspapers (Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Sankei, Nikkei) since they reported” Cases of high school students having difficulty calculating “and, on the contrary, positive articles showing the efficacy of the vaccine. It is said to have decreased.
In response, the government suspended the June 2013 aggressive intake recommendations “despite the lack of evidence of a causal link between vaccination and reported adverse events.”
Yahoo’s personal article “How do you perceive the new corona vaccine on Twitter?” Dated December 25, Associate Professor Fujio Toriumi of the University of Tokyo Graduate School analyzes tweets that include vaccines from August.
As a result, tweets including “Caution for Deceit and Anxiety Media Articles” of the new corona vaccine have spread widely, with Mr. Toriumi saying, “There are many positive reactions to vaccines on Twitter. In particular, the fact that there were many warning tweets about negative reactions suggests that expectations for the new corona vaccine and strong caution against inhibition of vaccination are strong. ”
In a subcommittee of the Health Sciences Council on the 25th of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, regarding side reactions, “side reactions can occur after vaccination and it is difficult to eliminate side reactions.” “Relatively Mild But Frequent Side Reactions”. It includes serious but extremely rare reactions and side reactions, “he said, and the efficacy and risk of vaccination need to be weighed.
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