Is anyone else surprised that only about 3% of Japan's

[Ferrets are Cool]

population has received 2 doses of covid vaccine?

[Demovictory9]

1. Thats such a low percentage

[ProfessorGAC]

2. According To This USAToday Article...

...the government fumbled on this because they convinced themselves their prior measures had quelled the pandemic.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/06/05/2021-olympics-why-has-japan-struggled-vaccinate-its-citizens/7503771002/
So, the rollout was terribly slow and inefficient.
BTW: this article is from June 5, and it was 3% fully vaxxed at that time. (8.7% at least one dose)
It says they were ramping up at that time, so it's higher 22 days later.
From "Our World In Data" they hit 9.2% fully vaxxed, 2 days ago.
Still below the global average, but less dreadful than 3%.

[SheltieLover]

3. And they are hosting Olympics!

What could go wrong?

[lark]

4. Japan has fucked up bigly and yes, I am surprised.

They were doing so good in the first phase, it's so stupid that they also developed such a strong case of hubris that they are endangering the Olymics. My estimation of them has plummeted with this stupidity.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. I've been aware for several months now that they aren't getting

very many vaccines there.

I wonder how they'll name the new variants that will inevitably arise during the Olympics. Apparently, it's not just the several thousand athletes, but the hundreds of thousands of coaches and officials and so on that will be there.

[lagomorph777]

9. "Bronze," "Silver," and "Gold?"

[Leith]

6. Yes

On the plus side, the Japanese have no trouble putting on masks. They will do that willingly at the slightest hint of the sniffles.

I sure hope that the country's covid stats don't skyrocket because of the Olympics.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. I was thinking the same thing, but I do hope the vaccine rates climb substantially.

[moondust]

7. Yes. And the population is older.

Chart from 2019 at this link shows Japan has the highest percentage of its population over 65 of all 50 countries listed at 28.2%.