Surprising commonalities between vaccination and elections "just like the flow"

　The new coronavirus of vaccine for the vaccination, Ehime Prefecture, is preparing to reference the know-how of the election office. A short period of time at the fair to do it is required to target a large number of residents vaccine inoculation, and "just like the flow of the election office," county executive. We also envision mass inoculations that have not occurred in recent years.

　Vaccine to advance the vaccination smoothly, the province " vaccine launched a vaccination promotion team" in date 14. The number of full-time staff has been increased from the initial 5 to 11, and two teams, "Promotion of vaccinations for medical staff " and "Promotion of vaccinations for residents and support for municipalities," are working on this. The section chief in charge was the chief of the municipal promotion section, who also serves as the general secretary of the election administration committee . Furthermore, it is said that it is considering the placement of selected staff in the future.

　The prefecture is currently preparing for vaccination of medical workers and the elderly, which is the priority of the country , and is considering how to inoculate the most common people. Municipalities are the main inoculations for residents, but the person in charge of the prefecture says, "City areas with a large population cannot catch up with local medical institutions alone, and they are in a two-tiered manner with mass inoculations."

　However, mass inoculation at schools was once carried out with other vaccines , but it has not been achieved in the last 20 years. It is assumed that the venue will be a public hall or a gymnasium, and it will be quite difficult to prepare for the vaccination applicants to gather at a fixed time.

　In fact, the Election Administration Committee, which is in charge of election affairs, has been continuously engaged in such work . While grasping voters in advance, deciding the "voting" date and sending "voting" tickets without fail, we have secured various "polling" places such as schools and managed fair elections. If you read "voting" as "inoculation" ... Moreover, the elected staff have pipes with the staff of each municipality through various elections.

　A person in charge of the prefecture said, "In order to inoculate as many citizens as possible as soon as possible, we will use everything, including the selection work, for preparation."

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