COVID-19: Why Japan succeeded in vaccination: 1/100 of the United States
Vaccination in Japan:
In July of this year, the spread of Delta stocks progressed in Japan.
In Tokyo
The number of new positives on July 1 exceeded 5,000,
The difficult situation continued.
Dramatic changes in Japan:
Only four months later, the current situation is quite different.
Comparison between Japan and the United States:
The numbers for November are as follows.
▽ USA (November 9, figures announced by Johns Hopkins University)
125,491 new positives, 1,218 dead
▽ Japan (as of November 7, figures from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
102 new positives, 3 dead
It has become.
Assuming that there is an error in just one day
Even if you set a period and take a moving average
Japan is less than one-hundredth of the United States.
Convergence at the moment:
Of course, it is true that there are signs of a slight increase in areas such as Tokyo.
Numerically, it is a good level of convergence at the moment.
There are three possible causes:
There are three causes:
1) Succeeded in increasing the vaccination rate
Percentage of people who have completed vaccination (twice for Pfizer and Moderna, once for J & J),
Tally of Johns Hopkins University on November 9th
▽ Japan …… 74.26%
▽ America …… 59.15%
2) Inoculation of active generation and young people has progressed since summer
The inoculation rate in the active population exceeded a certain level and became close to “herd immunity”.
3) High immunity has a synergistic effect
This group of active generations and adolescents with a high vaccination rate has not passed the number of months since the completion of vaccination.
High immunity has a synergistic effect
Delta strain was able to excel infectivity.
Comparison with the world
If you look at the world
Like South Korea, Israel, Chile,
Despite the higher inoculation rate than Japan
The number of newly infected people is increasing,
Considering 2) and especially 3)
The situation in Japan can be explained to some extent.
Newsweek Japan version official site
https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/reizei/2021/11/post-1249.php