Israel: first to initiate mass vaccination & first to require boosters. Now, after 3-5 months, boosters are clearly failing to prevent infection/transmission, as well.
Israel is left with a choice: mandate a 4th dose or throw in the towel on mandatory vaccination.
Israel is left with a choice: mandate a 4th dose or throw in the towel on mandatory vaccination.
With nearly all adults full vaccinated and the majority of adults boosted, Israel has seen a new seasonal wave begin with infections almost exclusively found amongst the vaccinated.
This is not what was promised one year ago when vaccines were approved.
This is not what was promised one year ago when vaccines were approved.
In Israel, 70% of the population has been vaccinated, 64% fully vaccinated, but only 45% boosted.
This drop-off occurred despite the national vaccine passport mandating booster doses.
Why have 36% of those who initiated vaccination chosen not to get boosted?
This drop-off occurred despite the national vaccine passport mandating booster doses.
Why have 36% of those who initiated vaccination chosen not to get boosted?
Why have the boosted (45% of pop.) driven nearly all of the recent uptick in cases in Israel when the fully vaccinated but not boosted (20% of pop.) cases remain flat?
Could it be they chose not to get boosted because they already had covid and that infection confers immunity?
Could it be they chose not to get boosted because they already had covid and that infection confers immunity?
Israel initially planned on mandating a 4th dose (with no studies on efficacy or safety) but appears to have opted for mass infection, implicitly acknowledging that herd immunity can not be achieved with the available vaccines.
jpost.com/health-and-wel…
jpost.com/health-and-wel…
Israeli decision makers appear to be crediting Omicron with this change in strategy but isn't it more likely that the 3rd dose efficacy waned, just as the 2nd dose did (which prompted Israel's booster campaign to begin with)?
israeltoday.co.il/read/herd-immu…
israeltoday.co.il/read/herd-immu…
In the end, everyone on Earth will be exposed to covid countless times. Essentially everyone will be infected, eventually.
It is long past time to shift the focus from suppression of transmission to prevention of morbidity and mortality.
It is long past time to shift the focus from suppression of transmission to prevention of morbidity and mortality.
Latest update: booster does efficacy does appear to be waning rapidly.
Is it worth the risk to get a never-ending stream of booster doses at shrinking intervals, just to delay your inevitable infection?
Is it worth the risk to get a never-ending stream of booster doses at shrinking intervals, just to delay your inevitable infection?
https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1476572090258104320
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