Routine vaccinations for the new coronavirus vaccine for the elderly and others began in October. There are five types of vaccines used, and one of the new options is a new type of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine called “replicon (amplified type).” It is manufactured and sold by Meiji Seika Pharma, a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings, under the name “Costaibe.” Japan is the first country to receive pharmaceutical approval for this vaccine. Meiji Seika Pharma explains that Costaibe requires a smaller dosage than conventional vaccines and its effectiveness lasts longer, making it suitable for regular annual vaccination. Meanwhile, the Japanese Society for Nursing Ethics issued an emergency statement expressing concerns about the safety of the vaccine. There have also been a number of cases of stores refusing entry to people who are seeking vaccinations, and harassment of medical institutions that have begun taking reservations for the vaccine. Anxiety is also spreading, with the book “We Don’t Want to Sell It! The Cry of a Current Pharmaceutical Company Employee Ordered to Sell a ‘Dangerous Vaccine'” by an author claiming to be an employee of Meiji Seika Pharma becoming a hot topic. We asked President Kobayashi Daikichirou how he plans to respond to the anxiety spreading among some citizens. –Routine vaccinations for the COVID-19 vaccine began in October, but demand has been lower than initially expected. The number of vaccinations is far fewer than expected. However, we hope that a proper evaluation will be made from next year onwards, once rumors and slander against the vaccine have been weeded out. The problem is that anti-vaccination people have spread rumours that are also lowering uptake rates for other vaccines, such as the influenza vaccine. Some people will miss the opportunity to be vaccinated and die (from COVID-19 or influenza). This is similar to the story of the cervical cancer vaccine. The vaccine is effective in preventing cervical cancer, but in the past, media outlets reported that the vaccine was dangerous, leading to the suspension of regular vaccinations and a drop in the vaccination rate to almost zero. Currently, 10,000 women die from cervical cancer each year. Routine vaccinations have finally resumed, but coverage remains low. The impact is very serious. “ ■Strong, unexpected criticism –Did you imagine that there would be this much criticism of vaccines? “I didn’t think it would get to this extent. If it weren’t for social media, I think the reaction would have been something like, “Someone weird is saying something.” We never anticipated that the spreading power of social media would cause the impact to spread in such a negative way. “ Continued below [Toyo Keizai] 2024/11/26 (Tue) 5:51.
>>1 Isn’t this the result of refusing dialogue or explanation? Also, newspapers and TV are completely ignoring it and not reporting on it, giving the full boost to freedom, and YouTube and other sites are banning it without question.
>>3 It’s not a hoax in the first place They admit to using “replicons (amplifying types)”, but that’s not a vaccine, it’s just poison If you understand what a vaccine is, it’s obvious.
What’s interesting about anti-vaccination is that supporters of the far-left and far-right political parties, such as the Reiwa Communist Party and the Conservative Party, are fighting together. Most other conspiracy theory lovers are also supporters of these parties.
The problem is that anti-vaccination people have spread rumours that are also lowering uptake rates for other vaccines, such as the influenza vaccine. Oh no.
>>27 Well, all vaccine opponents have been around for a long time, but they became more active due to their opposition to mRNA vaccines. If anti-mRNA people don’t distance themselves from all anti-vaccine people, they risk being treated like weirdos.
In order to survive in a Japan with a declining population, vested interest corporations have degenerated into rotten villains who will stop at nothing, willingly selling off the unprofitable health and lives of their own citizens overseas for money.
If we want to counter these rumors, we should conduct thorough long-term clinical trials and provide samples to third-party organizations. The reason I didn’t trust Corowak was because there was very little data available at the time, and what little data was provided ended up being often untrue. I’m really glad I didn’t get hit.
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