I know I'm going to try to be first in line, but what about the rest of you? I'm not sure if the death count is where the science community wants it to be, plus Birdbrain hasn't been sworn in, so I expect there will be delays, but that's beside the point.
A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta
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“Now is a critical time,” Israeli Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz said as the 56-year-old got a COVID-19 booster shot on 13 August, the day his country became the first nation to offer a third dose of vaccine to people as young as age 50. “We’re in a race against the pandemic.”
His message was meant for his fellow Israelis, but it is a warning to the world. Israel has among the world’s highest levels of vaccination for COVID-19, with 78% of those 12 and older fully vaccinated, the vast majority with the Pfizer vaccine. Yet the country is now logging one of the world’s highest infection rates, with nearly 650 new cases daily per million people. More than half are in fully vaccinated people, underscoring the extraordinary transmissibility of the Delta variant and stoking concerns that the benefits of vaccination ebb over time.
The sheer number of vaccinated Israelis means some breakthrough infections were inevitable, and the unvaccinated are still far more likely to end up in the hospital or die. But Israel’s experience is forcing the booster issue onto the radar for other nations, suggesting as it does that even the best vaccinated countries will face a Delta surge.
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“This is a very clear warning sign for the rest of world,” says Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services (CHS), Israel’s largest health maintenance organization (HMO). “If it can happen here, it can probably happen everywhere.”
Israel is being closely watched now because it was one of the first countries out of the gate with vaccinations in December 2020 and quickly achieved a degree of population coverage that was the envy of other nations— for a time. The nation of 9.3 million also has a robust public health infrastructure and a population wholly enrolled in HMOs that track them closely, allowing it to produce high-quality, real-world data on how well vaccines are working.
Originally Posted by louie aguiar: This is why they're recommending a third shot. Covid is exploding in Israel despite being 80% vaxed. The vaccines lose effectiveness over time.
Originally Posted by MahomesMagic:
Processed like cattle.
An Australian government official announces they will ‘herd‘ up to 24,000 school children into football stadiums to give them the covid shot, and PARENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE pic.twitter.com/vWBaFL34wJ
He literally says "grasp the opportunity..that he doesn't want to waste."...that is almost exactly the Great Reset tagline.
This in in regards to busing 24,000 children into a stadium, banning their parents and forcibly injecting them.
Yeah...nothing terrifying about this precedent.
France is making homeschooling illegal in 2022...so they are doing the same...just using a different tactic. The state is telling them how to raise their kids...and it's a crime to refuse. Of course they will be required to have them vaccinated...
This is starting to make me physically ill....I know what this is the beginning of.
There is a global sickness spreading...and it aint Covid. [Reply]