More than 70% of Japan's population has received the COVID-19 vaccines, and the government is moving ahead with a booster shot in December. But a conservative radio host in the U.S. falsely claimed, "Japan drops vax rollout, goes to Ivermectin." Japan hasn't stopped its vaccine program and hasn't approved ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.
Incentives such as cars and coupons, as well as new walk-in centers, are being rolled out to tempt vaccine-hesitant young people, but supply issues present a big barrier of their own.
A doctor is leveraging the power of social media to warn people how large the gap is between how they view the severity of COVID-19 symptoms and how medical professionals understand them.
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