ArticleCureus2023
Rethinking Japan's Infallibility Principle for a Better Pandemic Response.
Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Bridging the gap: International efforts and behavioral strategies to combat COVID-19 vaccine wastage.GHM open · 2024Article
- Intramuscular vs. Subcutaneous: Rethinking Influenza Vaccination Strategy in Japan.JMA journal · 2024Article
- How can we promote vaccination of the mass population?-Lessons from the COVID-19 vaccination defaults.PloS one · 2024Article
- Letter to the editor: Japan's emergency approval system under the COVID-19 pandemic.Health science reports · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and medical education in Japan: a struggle for fairness and transparency.International journal of medical education · 2023Article
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- Assessing Hand Sanitizer Usage in Japanese Elderly Day Care Centers: An Observational and Interventional Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Beyond travel restrictions: exploring alternative infection control measures for Japanese medical students.International journal of medical education · 2023Article
- Stagnation or safety? Reassessment of the human papillomavirus vaccination dosing regimen in Japan.Therapeutic advances in vaccines and immunotherapy · 2023Article
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Abstract
The "infallibility principle" in Japanese government bureaucracy has led to conservative responses in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, with adherence to initial methods, like the 3Cs (crowded places, close-contact settings, and confined and enclosed spaces), and resistance to policy changes, despite evolving scientific findings on airborne transmission. This inflexible approach resulted in multiple states of emergency, social and economic losses, and increased health challenges. Although claims have been made of near-total control by May 2022, lack of sufficient verification and the record death toll in the eighth wave in the fall of 2022 suggest a reactionary rather than proactive policy approach.
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