Interesting change to Israel's coronavirus dashboard. Instead of reporting vaccination status as unvaccinated/vaccinated/booster, it's just switched to unvaccinated/vaccinated 6+ months ago/vaccinated <6 months. @LittleMoiz
@LittleMoiz The effect of this change makes the apparent dropoff in effectiveness of the vaccine over time even more stark. Compare the yellow line in each graph. This also shows why Israel freaked out over the summer, looking at this data in real time.
@LittleMoiz The "6 months" figure here is based on two initial Pfizer doses given three weeks apart. Other vaccines and dosing protocols will provide different levels of lasting immunity. But at some point everyone's going to bump into the issue of waning immunity arieh.substack.com/p/israels-delt…
also, yes, this is over-60s. Younger people might have more enduring immunity too.
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It's all so weird. I get that Trump name=$$$ but at this point it's just creepily implying Trump's still running the country in order to part idiots from their money.
Trump supporters are getting texts like this below from the NRCC:
"You failed the loyalty test. Trump's friends offered 9x match for 9 top Patriots & you wasted it. One last chance. Act now"
The link above goes to a WinRed site where you can donate to "get Trump to run for President". The whole GOP fundraising strategy is Trump, bring back Trump and why don't you support Trump enough.
In Israel, pregnant women were made a risk group and given early access to the vaccine. For most of 2021, the UK didn't even *recommend* vaccines to pregnant women.
Israel first noted bad outcomes for pregnant women during the Alpha wave. There was a couple of months where once or twice a week, a woman or her foetus died of Covid, usually in the third trimester.
What does 'compel' mean in this EO? Is "You don't have to get a vaccine but I'm firing anyone who's unvaccinated" compelling vaccination? Is "Entry to my shop is for vaccinated people only!" compelling vaccination? Is "free Crispy Cremes for vaccinated people"?
Texas legislation seems to use the term 'compel' pretty narrowly and it's not clear to me that any of my examples above count as compulsion. Coercion, inducement or consequences, sure. But are they compulsion? In other words, does this EO even do anything?
There's something to this. I'm not sure 'newspaper' is the best comparison but there are certain ethical obligations that come with having a large platform. Not initiating pile-ons is one of them, but there are others
For example, it'd be nice to have a best practice for handling past tweets that were factually inaccurate: Reply with clarification, delete, delete with screenshot post to explain why? All have their drawbacks and are appropriate at different times.
"No amplifying stuff you haven't personally checked is true" has its limits, particularly for breaking news. When's it appropriate to share anyway, with caveats and health warnings? When's it best to stay away?
At the beginning of the wave in July, it seemed like something was off. Despite Israel's very high vaccination rate, Delta was spreading widely among both unvaccinated and vaccinated people.
I say "despite Israel's very high vaccination rate", but actually Israel's vaccination rate isn't so hot anymore when compared to many industrialised countries. 20% of the population is under 12, and vaccine resistance in the Arab population makes it hard to push beyond 70%.