Sealed to the sky… Will Israel’Vaccine Group Immunity Test’ Succeed

Israel is conducting an’experiment’ that puts humanity in the fore. In order to reach’collective immunity’, the only weapon to defeat the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), as soon as possible, the country itself was the subject of the experiment. The corona19 vaccine vaccination rate per population is the overwhelming number one in other countries. From the revealed results alone, Israel is likely to be the first country to win the battle against Corona 19. Conversely, if Israel is defeated, the end of the infectious disease will inevitably go farther. This is why the world’s eyes are focused on Israel.

For population immunity, at least 70% of the population must have antibodies. Israel is stepping on the accelerator towards this number. By the 24th (local time), more than 2586,000 people have already completed the first vaccination. It accounts for 28% of the Israeli population (9 million). Among them, 1099,000 people completed the second vaccination. According to’Our World in Data’, a statistical site at Oxford University in the UK, the number of vaccinations per 100 people in Israel as of the day was 41.8, the United Arab Emirates (25.1), the UK (10.1), Bahrain (8.5), and the United States (6.2). Myeong) is far ahead. Israel was able to secure large quantities early on the condition of providing real-time vaccination data to Pfizer and Bioentech.

The initial vaccination results are also relatively positive. As a result of a recent comparison and tracking of 200,000 people aged 60 or older who received the vaccine by Claret, an Israeli health institution, and the control group who did not receive the vaccine, the rate of positive Corona 19 declined to one-third within two weeks after one vaccination. Appeared. After the vaccination rate of people aged 60 and over reached 40%, the rate of critically ill patients decreased from 30% to 7% in two weeks. In contrast to the low vaccination rate at that time, it remained constant at 20-40% from 44 to 55 years old. It means that getting the vaccine is better.

Israel did not settle down here. Risk factors are being further controlled with the aim of maximizing vaccine effectiveness. The third national blockade, which started last month, was extended to the 31st, and the whole sky road was blocked for a week from the 25th. Except for special purposes such as cargo transportation, firefighting, medical care, and funeral, all international flights have been suspended. This is a very weak prescription to block the mutant virus from Britain, South Africa and Brazil. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “In order to stop the spread of the mutant virus and speed up vaccination, we have decided to close the sky as if sealing.”

The scope of vaccination is also expanding. Beyond the elderly and high-risk groups, people over 40 have recently begun to get the vaccine, and from the 23rd, high school students aged 16-18 and pregnant women who are preparing for college entrance exams have been vaccinated. The number of vaccinations per day approaches 200,000. At the current rate, 80% of the adult population can finish the second dose by the end of next month. Israeli scientists predict that the death toll will decrease significantly by early March.

Of course, there are also gaps. It is the issue of vaccination for minors. Currently released vaccines are recommended only for those over 16 years of age. Children are known to have no severe symptoms even if they are infected with Corona 19, but the contagiousness is not low. Vaccine clinical trials for minors under the age of 12 are currently in progress, with the first results coming out around the summer. It means that approval for use will only be possible next year. “Until children can get the vaccine,” The Economist in the UK’s Current Affairs Week pointed out that adults should be willing to roll up their sleeves to curb the pandemic.

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