Denny in the News: 22 August 2021

This newspaper truly tried to hear the voices of young people on their low vaccination rate, “What’s behind views on vaccines?”

As of 20 August, when the Ryukyu Shimpo asked opinions targeting people in the low vaccination group of twenties and thirties about whether the vaccine was the trump card against Covid-19 contagion, the positive opinions toward the vaccine were at 52%, only half. On whether to get vaccinated, opinions like “I’m confused” were 32% and negative opinions were 16%.

As background to the low vaccination rates, there were also voices pointing out administrative problems such as local governments not yet meeting vaccination targets or vaccine appointment lists being filled up.The Prefecture announced the prefectural Covid-19 vaccination rates as of 14 August, excluding children between 10 and 19 who were tallied as a separate target, those in their twenties who had completed both vaccinations were lowest at 6.79%, those in their thirties next at 10.09%.


At a press conference on 17 August, Governor Denny Tamaki explained the low vaccination rates among young people, “We’re hearing voices of uneasiness over side effects.” Actually, when we took the survey on the subject targeting those in their twenties and thirties, of those uneasy about vaccination, negative opinions were things like “Vaccination is unnecessary” or “No jab for me!”


Among those who answered our survey, other than those who had already made appointments or finished the shots, there were those who lived where local governments had not yet even begun taking appointments for shots who said, “When registration opens, I’ll make an appointment.” That put the positives over half. Among those who said, “I’m confused,” there were also those who, reluctantly looking to the future situation, pointed out, “If the number of infected people increases, I’d better get the shot” or “Not getting it is not an option.” 

On the other hand, among people looking forward to the vaccination, there were many complaints being voiced such as “the local government where I live hasn’t even started making appointments” or “I want the vaccination, but can’t get an appointment.” Naha City started making appointments for those in their thirties on 17 August, but quickly ran out of slots. Appointments for those in their twenties haven’t even started to be made.

It seems other causes of the low vaccination rate among the young are the municipal vaccination sequence and the supply system. The reporters interviewed 25 young people: 12 female and 13 male.


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Saturday 21 August 2021 at 11:12

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b1f5b69a3b265891445bb800e2e81852e536841a


Translator’s Notes

  1. Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


  1. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be of great help.

 

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