Thread by @_lewisy

💉Israel #COVID19 update, week ending June 6th:

- 105 total cases
- 74 of those in the unvaccinated pop (3,835,144 people) = 1.93 cases per 100k.
- 3 in partially vaccinated (342,620) = 0.88 per 100k.
- 28 in fully* vaccinated (5,113,236) = 0.55 per 100k.

*14d post 2nd

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* In Israel still extremely low COVID numbers without no evidence of resurgence; contrasts with UK data
* No restrictions - everything is open. Most people not masking indoors
* UK & Israel both with very high vaccination rates, so why are we seeing different disease dynamics?

I'm sure there are better theories about this, but here are a few possibilities:
1. Mounting evidence of importance of 2nd vax vs. variants (60%🇮🇱 / 42%🇬🇧)
2. Stricter border policy in Israel - mandatory PCR testing on arrival, no entry from "red" countries
3. No one really knows

and also:
4. mRNA vaccines exclusively in Israel, vs. a mix of both mRNA and viral-vector based in UK
5. Perhaps a higher level of natural immunity in Israel, due to higher cumulative infection numbers

as suggested by @Dada_analyst @LittleMoiz @DanOfAmerica @MDCaspi @julietast2