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The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Society and Transportation
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SPECIAL FEATURE : The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Society and Transportation
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  • Takako TSUJIMURA-ITO
    2024 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 161-169
    Published: February 29, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: February 29, 2024
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    The COVID-19 pandemic raised the issue of discriminatory conduct toward infected persons, their families, and essential workers in Japan. In some cases, the country witnessed a recurrence of past discriminatory practices toward persons with infectious diseases. This study reviews such instances of discrimination that occurred previously, legal evaluations of discriminatory conduct regarding infectious diseases, and the possibilities of such evaluations. Further, it discusses the issues raised by the pandemic regarding the prevention of discrimination against persons with infectious diseases to create a society based on dignity and mutual respect.

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  • Takuya SHOJI, Takaya GOTOH
    2024 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 170-176
    Published: February 29, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: February 29, 2024
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    As an infection control measure against COVID-19 we developed hybrid lectures for university education. Hybrid meetings are still performed everywhere in academic circles even now. However, it was difficult to set up and we had many problems. From this process we learned the importance of teachers and students "learning together" as a basic point of education. We would like to share our experience as an educational institution in preparation for potential future pandemics. We also report our activity for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 supporting doping testing of the athletes.

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  • Kosuke KIYOHARA
    2024 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 177-184
    Published: February 29, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: February 29, 2024
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    The global COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on people's daily lives and socioeconomic activities, as well as posing tremendous challenges to the health care system and public health policy. Epidemiological studies have elucidated the outbreak and transmission mechanisms of this virus and have contributed to the formulation of public health measures. In the fields of traffic safety and emergency medicine also, epidemiological research is a useful source of information for developing emergency medical systems and planning and evaluating preventive measures. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on emergency medical care and traffic accidents in Japan should be continuously assessed, and measures to deal with a potential future infectious disease outbreak should be strengthened.

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  • Hideaki SASAKI, Terutake YONEMORI, Takehiro UMEMURA, Yoshihiro TAK ...
    2024 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 185-192
    Published: February 29, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: February 29, 2024
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    To prevent the spread of infectious COVID-19, patients were legally restricted from using public transportation and treated as transfers under administrative control. In Okinawa Prefecture, to transfer patients from remote islands with limited means of transportation while conducting infection control measures and medical care, the prefectural countermeasures headquarters has a transportation coordination function and coordinates with other related organizations. We overcame problems such as electromagnetic interference of equipment and issues related to transportation agreements and carried out transportation without accidents. We report this experience so that it can be used for future transfers from remote islands.

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  • Supporting Post-pandemic Mobility
    Etsuo HORIKAWA
    2024 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 201-210
    Published: February 29, 2024
    Released on J-STAGE: February 29, 2024
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    As the spread of COVID-19 infection begins to come to an end, analysis of its impact on mobility is required. This paper analyzes epidemiological research reports on traffic accidents, results of traffic accident open data from the National Police Agency, and clinical activities centered on Saga University Hospital before and after the spread of infection. Case studies have also shown that although giving up driving reduces the risk of a traffic accident, measures are needed to maintain transportation activities essential to daily life, such as shopping, working, hospital visits, and various social activities. For this purpose, we discussed the need to train new experts such as "mobility coordinators" to support mobility.

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