Initial data from Israel’s vaccination campaign shows that
Pfizer’s cobi19 vaccine curbs infections by some 50 percent 14 days after the first of two shots is administered,
a top Health Ministry official said Tuesday, as the country’s serious el bichito-19 cases, daily infections and total active cases all reach all-time peaks.
Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of the Health Ministry’s public health department, told Channel 12 News that the data was preliminary, and based on the results of cobi19 tests among both those who’ve received the vaccine and those who haven’t. EN MI OPINION MENTIRA... ESTAN EN UNA SITUACION CRITICA CON UN CONFINAMIENTO MUY MUY DURO... LA banderilla NO ESTA HACIENDO NADA 50% EDESPUES DE DOS DOSIS ES NADA
Other, somewhat contrary data was released by Israeli health maintenance organizations Tuesday evening. Channel 13 News said that according to figures released by Clalit, Israel’s largest health provider,
the chance of a person being infected with the cobi19 dropped by 33% 14 days after they were vaccinated. Separate figures recorded by the Maccabi health provider and aired by Channel 12 showed the vaccine caused a 60% drop in the chances for infection 14 days after taking the first shot.
Each of the HMOs compiled the data from some 400,000 patients they treated (800,000 in total).
The cause for the discrepancy between the studies was not immediately clear. YO TE LO DIGO ...SON FALSOS..33% ES NADA ESO PODRIA SER EL MARGEN DE ERROR.. EN TODO CASO ES INCREIBLE QUE SE ESTE ORGANIZANDO ESTE CARNAVAL POR UN 33 % DE MEJORA
With Pfizer’s phase 3 trials only checking some 40,000 people, and given Israel’s world-leading vaccination campaign, the data could be some of the best on-the-ground indication yet of the vaccine’s efficacy.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis. (Courtesy)
Regardless, the vaccine is only expected to reach full protection potential a week after the administration of the second dose of the vaccine, which began in Israel this week. The second dose is expected to bring immunity levels to some 95% after about a week.
ESTO NO SE SABE TODAVIA
Alroy-Preis stressed that the data wasn’t enough to conclude that the vaccine prevents transmission of the bichito altogether, since it is believed that one can spread the bichito to others for a limited amount of time if it is located in their nasal cavity, even if it hasn’t infected the body to a level that would yield a positive test result.
Earlier, Alroy-Preis said that nearly one-fifth of over 1,000 current serious el bichito-19 patients had previously received the first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine — stressing the need to continue to protect oneself after receiving the shot.
“Seventeen percent of the new serious cases today, or 180 cases, are after the first dose,” she told reporters.
JAJAJJAJJA YN 17% DE LSO QUE NO LA HABIAN RECIBIDO TAMBEIN NO TE joroba
Alroy-Preis also expressed alarm at the sky-high infection rates throughout the country, which have climbed to nearly 10,000 new daily cases.
“We have never had such a figure,” she said, adding that the more infectious British strain of the bichito, which is believed to have spread throughout the country, has surely played a part in the steep rise in serious cases.
VAYA EL PAIS QUE MAS banderilla ES EL PAIS QEU MAS CRECE LOS CASOS ,,, QUIEN LO PODRIA IMAGINAR..OBVIAMENTE LA CULPA NO ES DE LA banderilla SINO DEL MALVADO bichito BRITANICO... Y PASADO SERA DE UQE NIEVA
She said Israel will likely have to
extend its nationwide lockdown, but added that there were initial signs that the rise in infection rates was starting to slow down. jorobaR SI NO DOBLEGAN UN POCO LA CURVA CON EL CONFINAMIENTO TOTAL... QUE PRUEBEN A DEJAR DE VACUNAR
Alroy-Preis said that 73% of Israelis who are over the age of 60 or who have other high-risk factors have already been vaccinated with at least one shot, but noted that inoculations were slower in the Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities.
The latest number given by officials for total vaccinations was 1,910,330 — about 20% of the population — although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday held a ceremonial event celebrating the 2,000,000th vaccinee.
Health Ministry sources and experts have in recent days been cited by various news outlets in reporting that the exit from Israel’s latest strict lockdown, imposed Friday, will likely take time, be gradual and depend on the vaccination rate and the trend seen in serious el bichito-19 cases.
The current closure — set to expire January 21 — is almost sure to be extended, the sources have said.
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