Pointless provincial panic

Yamanashi Governor tells the unvaxed to stay home

The governor of Yamanashi Prefecture (population 820,000) managed to generate some headlines by telling the unjabbed not to leave the house.

[https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14531313]

So what exactly did he say?

Wow, I guess Yamanashi must have been in the middle of a “Pandemic of the Unvaccinated.”

[https://www.pref.yamanashi.jp/kansensho/documents/2201gaikyo.pdf]

The above chart shows the number of reported cases in Yamanashi in January by date (vertical) and age group (horizontal). The percentage counts along the bottom show the vast majority of adult cases to be among the vaccinated, who account for 80% of Yamanashi’s population. But then again, Governor Nagasaki did say they unvaccinated should stay home for their own protection. Maybe they were filling up the ICUs?

[https://toyokeizai.net/sp/visual/tko/covid19/en.html]

Well, at least it’s nice to find a politician who clearly cares more about other people’s health than his own.