Are social distance and masking also required of the vaccinated?
• Why store young people who do not belong to the risk population?
• What will be the regulations regarding holding events?
• And will we have to get vaccinated every year anew?
• Doctors answer all burning questions
Pumping a vaccine dose from a vial
Photography:
Gideon Markovich
1.3 million people in Israel already have a "vaccine certificate", and in about a week their number will reach 1.8.
In recent days it has been reported that the Ministry of Health is considering canceling one of the significant benefits for them - exemption from isolation in contact with an infected person, but yesterday the corona commissioner, Prof. Nachman Ash, said that this possibility is not currently being considered.
However, in the Constitution Committee, the head of the public health services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, said that we would consider abolishing the exemption from isolation back from abroad for vaccinators.
Dr. Elrai-Price: "Re-examining isolation for the vaccinated" // Photo: Knesset Channel
What are the rules of conduct for the vaccinated?
With the help of Dr. Orly Greenfeld, the medical director of Magen Israel and Dr. Doron Dushnitzky, an expert in pediatrics from National Health Services and a member of the "Madat" organization, we tried to make an order.
What do we know about the benefits of the vaccine and what do we not know?
"One week after the second vaccine, 95% are protected against disease and certainly from serious illness, and this is a very big advantage for those who get vaccinated," Dr. Greenfeld emphasizes. Beyond that, "the more people are vaccinated and there is a significant amount of vaccines in the population, In the population - it will be possible to open more events, places and trade.
The way to eventually eradicate the disease is through a larger number of vaccinated. "
Are two people who have been vaccinated allowed to meet without masks?
Or distance?
"The recommendation is to continue wearing masks, because we still do not know how much the vaccine protects against infection (of another person) and because of the different variants," explains Dr. Greenfeld, noting that from the information available, the vaccine protects to some extent from infections, but do not yet know Some.
Those who have been vaccinated should continue to wear a mask and observe the rules of distance. "
Dr. Dushnitzky adds: “I would be happy to tell all my family members who have been vaccinated that we can meet without masks, but we still need to take all precautions including masks.
Although the chances of a vaccinated person getting a significant disease are nil, there is still the question of whether vaccinated people can pass on the virus. "
Is it allowed to hold an event and invite only the vaccinated?
Dr. Greenfeld: "In the outline of the green mark - we want vaccinated people to be able to enter various events, so that we can open up the routine life as much as possible." However, "even if only vaccinated people enter, we do not know who they met before, maybe one of them Carrier of a virus, as the disease outside is still raging and the variant is still contagious.
That is why such an opening of ceiling green light events when there is a decrease in morbidity.
We would like to see a significant trend of change.
It's a matter of risk management. "
Why does the Ministry of Health want to abolish the exemption from isolation given to the vaccinated?
Dr. Greenfeld explains that "in principle, those who are vaccinated are currently exempt from isolation if exposed to a verified patient or returned from abroad. On the other hand, we still do not know how much those who received the vaccine can be infected and infect others, and how effective the vaccine is." The various ".
The population began to be vaccinated in the second dose // Archive photo: Moshe Ben Simhon and Newsenders
Regarding the British mutation, she adds that "the assumption is that there is efficacy, and for the South African variant the vaccine is about 50% effective that it is still considered effective. The more variants the vaccine is ineffective at 95%, but a little less, "The risk for vaccinated people to become infected and infected is greater. The issue of revoking the exemption from isolation will be for a limited time."
Why are warehouses aged 18-16 and also aged 40-20, which are not in a risk population?
"The first incentive is not to be sick," Dr. Greenfeld emphasizes. "Young people can also have a serious illness.
We are now seeing more young people getting infected.
Variants also affect young people.
"Vaccination against corona is like any vaccine in which a person is vaccinated to prevent a serious illness or death."
Will we need to get vaccinated every year anew?
Dr. Greenfeld says: “We still do not know how long the antibody level of the vaccine is maintained.
As far as we know, it will be decided on the need for additional vaccination.
It is likely that, as with other vaccines, we will have to get vaccinated once a year. "
HMOs begin vaccinating pregnant women aged 35 and over // Archive photo: Shmuel Buharis and Moshe Ben Simhon
Dr. Dushnitzky notes that “to answer this question one needs to know how long the vaccine lasts.
How long are neutralizing antibodies present in the body, and even if the vaccine confers horizontal protection across all strains, or the mutations create a difference in the virus that requires reference.
If so, it may be necessary to update the vaccine every year, as the flu vaccine is changed every year, depending on the dominant strain of the virus. "
What kind of events will initially open as part of the green label and when?
The medical director of Magen Israel concludes: "We are talking about low-risk events. Events where you book in advance and plan them, such as cultural and sports events - but with appropriate occupancy rates and not one hundred percent occupancy. It is clear that there will be a gradual opening of the economy. And the opening of events. "