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In the celebration of Israel's vaccines, the Bedouin sector is far behind
False information and conspiracy theories have spread, information is ineffective, local leadership is not involved enough and the big accessibility problem also interferes with what works.
A month and a half into the vaccination campaign, the Bedouin sector is trying to understand what prevents the public from getting vaccinated, and how to convince them anyway
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Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 21:58
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A month and a half into the vaccination campaign, the Bedouin sector is left far behind.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, localities from the Bedouin diaspora in the south are at the bottom of the list of localities where those aged 60 and over received the vaccine: Segev Shalom with 14% vaccinated, Kuseife with 16% vaccinated and Arara in the Negev with only 17% vaccinated.
By comparison, the national average for target ages now stands at 83%.
The reasons for this are varied.
First, in the diaspora there is a severe problem of accessibility to vaccines.
Because the transparent hospitals do not work there, the Ministry of Health operates vehicles from the Home Front Command and MDA, which pass between the localities and store the community. "The operation began with seven stations in the entire [Arab] sector.
We demanded an increase in the deployment, we now have 50, "says Ayman Saif, head of the Arab sector desk at Magen Israel, in a conversation with Walla! NEWS. 9,500 vaccinated in the past week. "
Saif explains that" the difference between the sub-sectors is the discourse on the street. "He said," The Bedouin have a clan and tribal life form, so there is more influence for public figures and community leaders.
Among the general Arab population, the situation is the opposite - the young influence the adults, unlike in the past.
The young people feed on the media and pass on to their family what they think - in order to reach the adults, they have to go through the young people.
Therefore, there are more vaccinators among the general Arab population than among the Bedouin population.
We have more work there. "
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Corona vaccine complex in Rahat (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Saif admits that an equally big problem lies precisely in false information that has spread in the Negev, more so than in the Arab population in the north and center, and described a prolonged effort to combat the phenomenon.
"To get around the 'Pike News' we use the medical staff and nurses, who are a lot in the sector. We have recruited the medical staff as public leaders, in the Bedouin population GPs call people. They work better than videos on TV," he says.
"In addition, we harnessed the clergy to encourage the public to get vaccinated. We agreed with them to speak in sermons on Friday."
Dr. Fouad Astana, head of the Negev Medical Administration at Clalit Health Services, claims that the false information has gained him a foothold in the sector. "The gap stems from several components:" In the absence of intensive information in the Arabic language, there will be less response.
The Arab part of the information campaign was too little and too late - for every video of the ministry many more false messages are spread.
"" People take refuge and flee to their comfort zone - conspiracy theories, "Astana claims," In addition [low] level of education increases fear, and people Come up with theories that try to hurt them.
"After the epidemic, we will have to build the population so that it will be more educated, that it will be able to differentiate between good knowledge and Pike News."
Immunization rate among those aged 60 and over and risk groups
Segev Shalom - 14% vaccinated
Kassifa - 16% vaccinated
Juniper in the Negev - 17% vaccinated
The national average - 83% of vaccinated
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Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the appeal, with the aim of encouraging immunization in the sector.
"I am happy and proud to be here, we are fighting to save lives," Netanyahu said.
"We can be the first in the world to do this. We need to make another effort from the entire population. The mutation is hitting the whole world, but it takes one last effort for us to be released."
He said, "At the cabinet meeting, I will demand two more weeks to close the borders. Thanks to the millions of vaccines, we will be able to open up the economy."
Raed Abu Elkien, a resident of Hura in the Negev and a member of the emergency team in the localities, notes that the information efforts for the Bedouin sector are encountering many difficulties.
"Very few people participate in the information provided by the Ministry of Health. Yesterday there was a zoom with Nachman Ash who had only 320 participants, instead of 3,200," he says.
"We need to understand that we have no internet and no reception, so all these publications [of the Ministry of Health] do not meet the real need."
Alkian has admitted that many in the sector fear the vaccine.
"Because it came so quickly, many fear it will not benefit, but will harm," and suggested that cultural reasons are also linked to the poor response to the vaccine campaign.
"There are few vaccinators for two reasons, the first of which is the belief 'that everything is from Allah'. "If someone is sick, they extend their tent for 40 days."
"When leadership takes responsibility - it succeeds"
According to Saif, local authorities have a significant role to play in the effort to encourage the Bedouin public to get vaccinated.
"We notice that the aspiration to have a strong mayor has results, while [in the case of] a weak mayor there is no response. That is why we work closely with the heads of the authorities. For example, Sakhnin has over 80% vaccinated and Rahat approaches 50%, because "The head of the PA turned to the people and recruited them - where the leaders took the task personally," he says, recalling: "Even among the Jews, much depends on the mobilization of the head of the PA."
Dr. Astana notes harshly that the heads of local authorities and local leadership are not involved enough. “In the surrounding Jewish localities, the mayors have taken responsibility for this.
Even in the Bedouin sector, when the leadership took responsibility for it, such as in Rahat and Tel Sheva, it succeeded.
The leadership is not connected to the issue and the interest of the population and its well-being, "he resents.
He also pointed the finger of blame at the government, and at the variety of structural problems that affect access to vaccines." There is no public transportation here, so it is difficult to get around.
In addition, the infrastructure of the roads makes it difficult to get from place to place, and you must travel by private car because there is no transportation.
"Above all, the distances of the vaccine mobility can [reach] a distance of half an hour, which makes the whole process difficult," he says. Abu Alqian also pointed to the problem of accessibility to mobility, which he says reaches only a few hours each day.
Corona vaccine complex in Rahat (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Despite the state of vaccinations in the Bedouin population, Saif points to East Jerusalem as an even greater challenge in his sector.
"In East Jerusalem there are 350,000 residents, 140,000 of whom live 'behind the fence', but are counted as residents because they belong to the municipal responsibility of Jerusalem. These are localities where it is difficult to do activity there," said Saif, who visits there frequently.
"In the five neighborhoods outside the fence there are also residents and citizens - everyone is entitled to be vaccinated, but there is a lot of conspiracy in the streets. Most do not believe in Israel and think it is dangerous to take the vaccine. The morbidity there ranges from 30-20% Maybe there is a latent disease. "
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