CORONA Japan pulls 1.6M COVID vaccine doses over contamination fear as COVID's spread causes heartache, Paralympic anxiety

packyderms_wife

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Japan pulls 1.6 million COVID vaccine doses over contamination fear as COVID's spread causes heartache, Paralympic anxiety

Leaders tell anxious residents the already-lagging vaccination program won't be disrupted, as COVID's resurgence causes heartache and Paralympic angst.
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Japan pulls 1.6M COVID vaccine doses over contamination fear as COVID's spread causes heartache, Paralympic anxiety

Tokyo — Japan's Health Ministry has pulled about 1.63 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine out of use after 39 unused vials at eight vaccination sites were discovered to be contaminated with a still-unspecified substance. No safety issues have been reported. All of the suspect vials were manufactured in Spain.


Moderna has been sent primarily to mass-vaccination centers in Japan, such as universities and large companies, and it was unclear how badly the incident might set back Japan's already-delayed inoculation campaign. More than 800 vaccination sites were affected.

Touring a vaccination clinic in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Thursday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told Japanese media that he'd ordered health officials to "make safety our top priority" in responding to the tainted vaccine issue. He offered assurances that the incident "would not have a significant impact" on the country's vaccination program, which lags significantly behind those of other major industrialized nations.

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) and his wife Mariko Suga meet with first lady Jill Biden (L) at the Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo on July 22, 2021 on the eve of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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Suga, whose popularity has taken a beating over his handling of the pandemic, stands for re-election to the ruling party presidency on September 29. The leader of the governing party automatically becomes prime minister in Japan.

One of Suga's rivals, former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, threw his hat in the ring on Thursday, suggesting he would take more aggressive measures to fight the spread of COVID-19.

As of Wednesday, according to the Prime Minister's Office, only 42.6% of Japan's general population was fully vaccinated.

While Japan has also approved both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines, concerns over blood clot issues delayed rollout of the latter until this week; it is being restricted to those 40 and over, as in Britain.
 
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Dozdoats

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HHmmmmmmmmmmm ... wonder what?

In my trawl of the usual suspects Tuesday, a little birdie told me that a foaf in health care got instructed not to use syringes with a needle bore size smaller than ... whatever. Hmmmmmm.
 
TammyinWI

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When I read not too long ago about a teenager being struck and killed by lightning on a beach (Florida, IIRC), along with like 6 others that were struck and injured, I had the thought come to mind: the graphene oxide metals in the jab attract lightning???
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

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TammyinWI said:
When I read not too long ago about a teenager being struck and killed by lightning on a beach (Florida, IIRC), along with like 6 others that were struck and injured, I had the thought come to mind: the graphene oxide metals in the jab attract lightning???
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I take it you've never been caught in a lightning storm on a beach next to the ocean... it's a site to behold. They're lucky more weren't killed.
 
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summerthyme

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packyderms_wife said:
I take it you've never been caught in a lightning storm on a beach next to the ocean... it's a site to behold. They're lucky more weren't killed.
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Yeah... not to mention humans adorn themselves with tons of metal objects- earrings, necklaces, eyeglasses, etc.

About 25 years ago, in our small town, people were gathered at the school for a softball game. A thunderstorm blew through, and several took shelter under a tree... a smallish maple that certainly wasn't the tallest object around. Lightning hit the tree... 8 people were hit. All four of the dead wore metal eyeglasses, while none of the survivors did. Weird.

If you want to really get freaked out, look on YouTube for lightning videos. There is at least one security video that shows a guy walking across a lawn.. a bolt of lightning comes out of a clear blue sky and essentially turns him into a crispy critter. Unbelievable!

Summerthyme
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
summerthyme said:
Yeah... not to mention humans adorn themselves with tons of metal objects- earrings, necklaces, eyeglasses, etc.

About 25 years ago, in our small town, people were gathered at the school for a softball game. A thunderstorm blew through, and several took shelter under a tree... a smallish maple that certainly wasn't the tallest object around. Lightning hit the tree... 8 people were hit. All four of the dead wore metal eyeglasses, while none of the survivors did. Weird.

If you want to really get freaked out, look on YouTube for lightning videos. There is at least one security video that shows a guy walking across a lawn.. a bolt of lightning comes out of a clear blue sky and essentially turns him into a crispy critter. Unbelievable!

Summerthyme
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I was hit in 1987, so I have a very strong fear of lightning and try not to put myself in situations where I could possibly get hit.
 
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