fschmidt wrote: ↑April 11th, 2021, 11:44 am
What percentage of the people where you live have gotten the vaccine? I am genuinely curious about any first-hand data about vaccines since I don't know of any good source for vaccine data.
I can only talk about Japan in general, and Okayama provice, where I am living now.
https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007306235
https://www.stopcovid19.jp
Here in Japan only few people (approx. 500.000,- out of 126 million people) are fully vaccinated, almost all of them are medical staff, care takers, home helpers, and some elderly people. Most of them living in the large cities.
After New Year 2021 about 75000 people were infected with covid-19, after recovery three weeks later, the infected people were about 13000, now there are some cluster again and the infected people are about 31000.
Since 15 months, starting with February 2020 with statistics, totally 9440 people died directly related to covid-19, approx. 600 to 700 per month.
Japan has approx. 1.380.000 funerals per year, (approx. 115.000 per month) - the death rate did not change significantly.
About vaccine, only Pfizer is approved. However delivery this vaccine is limited, small amounts are arriving however frequently.
No serious side effects are noticed so far with Pfizer vaccine, many people however (almost 70 percent) complain about headache, pain in the arm, fever, feeling unwell etc. of about 3 days.
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In my area, Okayama, vaccination will not start up to maybe May 17th, and this only for people 65+, of course voluntarily. Postcards with reservation code will be sent out around May 10th. Covid-19 is not considered to be a serious health threat here.
This is not a province with a lot of international traffic. Very few foreigners living here. About 2 million people, and so far since February 2020 there are 2703 confirmed infections, 35 people died.
Links are Japanese only
https://okayama.stopcovid19.jp
https://www.city.okayama.jp/0000027711.html
There are no restrictions (except international travel), life as usual, but most people (I think more than 95 percent) comply with all recommended rules.
Facemask wherever you enter any building,
Alcohol for desinfection of hands,
Keep distance from each other,
Use Ionizers air cleaning systems with clean HEPA+ filters,
In shops, restaurants etc. use plexiglass separation between staff and customers,
Keep restrooms very clean
For medical staff not only face mask but also using eye protection, gloves
Temperature check of every person entering the building by thermal camera is getting more and more popular I noticed.
and so on...
At this moment about 170 people are under medical attention out of 2 million people in Okayama, but only 4 of them are severely ill. Approx. 80 are in hospitals, others only in quarantine - in the city in a business hotel and daily check only but do not feel really sick, and some of them just stay at home in a rural area.
Medical fees are small, as all people have full Japanese national cover. Ambulance services are also for free.