Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth II of England, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Shenlong, Turkish President Rezef Erdogan, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (from left)
In the face of the Corona 19 pandemic, leaders are taking the lead in encouraging the people to get vaccinations. So far, there are at least 10 people who have rolled their arms in the lead.
Top 10 in the world including Biden and Netanyahu
Public injection to encourage national vaccination
“A message of trust in vaccine efficacy and safety”
The 95-year-old and 100-year-old British queen couple are also inoculated
Joe Biden (79), U.S. President-elect, Benjamin Netanyahu (72) Prime Minister of Israel, Lee Shen-Lung (69) Prime Minister of Singapore, President Rezef Taiip Erdogan (67) Turkish President, Andrei Babisi (67) Czech Prime Minister Vaccines by Klaus Johannis (62), Romanian President, Joko Widodo (60), Indonesian President, Kyriakos Michotakis (53), Prime Minister of Greece, Basar Alhasaune (52), Jordanian Prime Minister, and Alpha Conde (83), Guinea President Was hit openly.
US digital media Vice said on the 18th, “President, high-ranking officials broadcast their vaccinations live to reassure citizens that the vaccine is safe.” Bruce Lee Mi, a professor at the City University of New York School of Public Health Policy, said, “The public vaccination of the leader gives a message that the leader trusts the efficacy and safety of the vaccine, helping to increase public confidence in the vaccine.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu received the first Pfizer vaccine in Israel on the 19th of last month, a day before the start of immunization to the public. Earlier, as a result of a public opinion poll stating that one-third of Israeli citizens are reluctant to inoculate, Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “I will show an example and persuade that vaccination is necessary” and put it into action. After the vaccination, he encouraged the public to get the vaccination, saying, “It is a small injection for individuals, but a big step for us,” as Neil Armstrong said when he landed on the moon in 1969. According to OurWorld In Data, as of the 18th, Israel had an overwhelming number of vaccination rates of 29% compared to the population. The British Telegraph said the prime minister’s public vaccinations helped encourage the public to vaccination. Prime Minister Netanyahu finished the second vaccination of the vaccine on the 9th.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo broadcast live on YouTube on the 13th that he was the first to receive the Chinese Synovac vaccine. President Jokowi said, “I will be the first person to get the Corona 19 vaccine. Through this, I will show the public that the vaccine is safe.”
After receiving the Pfizer vaccine in person on the 8th, Singaporean Prime Minister Li Xianlong said, “Vaccines are painless, effective and important. They will make us safer, you and the people you love.” The Singapore government survey found that only about 60% of residents are willing to vaccinate.
US President-elect Joe Biden was also vaccinated against Pfizer on the 21st of last month. Immediately after the live vaccination, he said, “There is nothing to worry about. I am looking forward to a second injection.” His wife, Jill Biden, was also vaccinated the same day. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was vaccinated on the 29th of last month, following the recommendations of medical staff to stagger the vaccination with Biden-elect.
Queen Elizabeth II, 95, and her husband Philip Gong, 100, had been vaccinated against Corona 19, Buckingham Palace said on the 9th. Pope Francis, 85, also received the Pfizer vaccine on the 13th. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, and Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, 36, also recently received a Pfizer vaccine publicly.
The government has announced that it will start vaccination against Corona 19 from next month. However, in a survey by Professor Myung-soon Yum’s research team at Seoul National University Graduate School of Health and Casestat Research, a polling agency, 67.7% of the respondents said, “I will be right” (28.6%) regarding “the timing of their corona 19 vaccination”. It was more than twice as many. Kim Woo-joo, a professor of infectious medicine at Korea University’s Guro Hospital, said, “In the context of an infectious disease, the pervasive power of a single photo that the leader takes the lead in taking a vaccine is great. “It will help a lot to increase the vaccination rate by increasing the confidence in the vaccine.”
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