The initial reaction to the government’s proposed rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination on social media has been decidedly muted.
As a result, the apparent apathy has several experts worried that a number of people are simply trying to ride out the pandemic at the expense of those getting inoculated.
As of March 30, more than 850,000 people in Japan had been given a vaccination but less than 100,000 of these patients had been inoculated twice, according to data published by Nikkei V-Data at the end of last month. The majority of people currently receiving the injections are medical staff on the front lines of the health system.