For anyone outside of Germany, it’s hard to grasp just how absurd the country’s political debate has become.

On Friday, the Bundestag rejected the CDU’s “Draft Law to Limit the Illegal Influx of Third-Country Nationals to Germany.” Here’s what was in it: 🧵 Key proposals of the CDU’s draft law:

1️⃣ Reintroduce “limitation” as an explicit objective of immigration control.

2️⃣ Restrict family reunification for those who don’t qualify for refugee status.

3️⃣ Empower federal police to enforce deportations (atm, only state police can).

How has Israel managed to vaccinate so many people so quickly? A thread on how (1) ample supplies, (2) targeted campaigns, (3) logistics, (4) digital technologies, (5) flexibility, and (6) universal healthcare w an element of competition helped them get ahead of everyone else. First a reminder (in case you're not confronted with this every day by @MaxCRoser & @OurWorldInData): Israel is vaccinating ~150k people/day. The Health Minister is looking into switching 💉 centres to 24-hour operations in order to increase the pace to 200k/day.