Israel begins administering 4th vaccine dose

The country, which led a world beating vaccination program in 2020, is currently experiencing a new wave of infections fueled by the transmissible omicron variant.

Israel has begun delivering a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to coronavirus, becoming one of the first countries to do so as it prepares for a wave of infections driven by the omicron variant.
Israel, which led a world beating vaccination program in 2020, will administer a fourth dose of the vaccine to individuals with weakened immune systems along with elderly residents and employees in care homes.

The rollout of the fourth dose began at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center Friday morning and was administered to heart and lung transplant patients.

The country is currently experiencing a new wave of infections fueled by the transmissible omicron variant. There were 4,085 new cases recorded on Thursday, the highest daily count of infections Israel has seen since late September.

In response, Israel introduced new restrictions late Thursday in a bid to curb rising infection rates ahead of new year’s eve celebrations. These include a Green Pass, given to fully vaccinated individuals or those who have recently recovered from coronavirus, for outdoor events of more than 100 people and mandatory mask-wearing in outdoor events of more than 50 people.

Israel, a country of 9.3 million people, has reported 8,243 deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Most of its population — more than 6.5 million people — has received at least one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and more than 4.2 million Israelis have received two doses and a booster.

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[MadStan]

This just smells of panic rather than science. It was the great hope COVID-19 would evolve into a less lethal strain and sweep the globe - and it is with Omicron. We all new we'd never eliminate Covid-19 and our gift is here - a weakened strain that is outperforming more lethal strains such as Delta.

I've had 2 vaccine shots and a booster and it's going to take some seriously nutted out Science by March to convince me there is any rational reason to take a 4th shot. I am betting there will be no such sound rational by then; and most countries will just move on. By the end of 2022 I can see Covid shots being merely optional as an annual shot as with the Flu Shot.

While I understood the inconsistent rational behind mandatory Covid vaccines for some industries and the whole social distancing thing etc. etc. globally, the reality is by mid 2022 any country that still has any policy in place of quarantine, social distancing requirements or forced vaccination will be considered as being more than irrational.

In 2022 we get the delight in seeing Covid go by the wayside, and confront the stark reality that isn't going away: every country spent to much fucking money on horseshit during the pandemic and we'll have to address the next real epidemic - failed monetary policy, inflation and gargantuan debt.

Yummy.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

It's just the death throes of big pharma and the government keeping the grift alive.

 

[celebrityskin]

This is real. My grandmother who’s 79 and has COPD got told to book it

 

[NJBear]

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

Does this mean that in ten years half of Israel will die of heart failure?

 

[Corpun]

Does this mean that in ten years half of Israel will die of heart failure?

I can't believe the Pharmajews would be wanting a higher k/d than that artist guy.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

I can't believe the Pharmajews would be wanting a higher k/d than that artist guy.

Oh, they realized everyone was sick of them bitching about the Holocaust so they decided to institute a NEW Holocaust so they could bitch about that.

 

[Josterman]

It’s never going to end

 

[Tasty Tatty]

I remember when they were among the first countries on getting fully vaccinated and were used as an example of how to do things right, because sure, it's not at all easier to apply any formula to a country with less than 10M people than when you live in one with 40M... and their people even turned the virtue signalling up to 11 because they didn't have to wear masks any more and were living normally unlike the rest of us plebs.

I suppose this is karma.

This just smells of panic rather than science. It was the great hope COVID-19 would evolve into a less lethal strain and sweep the globe - and it is with Omicron. We all new we'd never eliminate Covid-19 and our gift is here - a weakened strain that is outperforming more lethal strains such as Delta.

I remember well that during the first days, the mantra was: "we all are gonna get sick eventually, we shouldn't just get sick all at the same time", which indeed made sense so we wouldn't overwhelm hospitals (which happened in my country). But yes, we always expected we would get all sick at some point. I dunno in which point people became so terrified of getting infected.