Israel is far from out of the woods
lsrael is far from out of the woods
Opinion: The public is frustrated by the lockdown and the still soaring infection rate that seems unchanged by the vaccine drive; with Israel's leaders solely focused on the March elections, we need real leadership to get us out of this jovenlandesass
Nadav Eyal|
Published: 02.02.21 , 23:55
The upcoming March 23 elections, the cobi19 pandemic and the complete lack of faith in the government have in recent days all merged into a hideous blob of absurdity.
But while we are forced to live through a reality in which facts are treated at best as suggestions, we have to remember that there are very tentative signs of a decrease in the number of serious cobi19 patients.
The cobi19 ward at Ziv Medical Center in Safed
(Photo: Aviahu Shapira)
And as the days go by, more and more Israelis aged 60 and over - those most in danger from the bichito - will acquire that coveted protection only reached on the seventh day after the second dose of the vaccine.
Even so, despite the helpful influence of the vaccines, the bichito' reproduction number (known as "R") on Monday passed the 1 benchmark among the general population for the first time in a while. This means that each infected person has infected at least one other person, and is a sign that the disease is spreading again.