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The coefficient of infection is climbing, but restrictions are only coming down: "Putting politics into health"
After more than 3 months in which we fought in the fourth wave, now it seems that we are back to Sorno again, as if we have learned nothing from the previous waves.
When Bennett says we have won the Delta, Health Minister Horowitz makes it easier for tourists to enter and 2 million do not take the "booster" dose, it seems that the fifth wave is just around the corner
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Naftali Bennett
Nitzan Horowitz
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Meirav Cohen
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 19:34
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In the video: The Minister of Health promises that children will not be vaccinated (Photo: Knesset Channel)
While the Ministry of Health is announcing more and more reliefs, in the last week there has been another increase in the morbidity of the corona virus, when yesterday (Wednesday) the coefficient of infection (R) reached close to 1.
This, after more than three months that the fourth wave of the corona was already behind us.
Some of the facilitations announced by the Ministry of Health are in the field of tourism, when it was decided to introduce unvaccinated or vaccinated tourists with unrecognized vaccines by the state.
This week, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announced that entry into Israel, both for Israelis and tourists, will only be allowed with a quick and less accurate antigen test, and there is no need for a PCR test as in the past.
At the same time, in the rest of the world - especially in Europe and the United States - the corona is raging with extremely severe force and countries are taking exceptional measures against the unvaccinated.
For example, the US FDA has already approved a booster over the age of 18, to stop the spread, however the leaders are at a loss in the face of non-compliance with vaccines.
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Mall in Rishon Lezion, August (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Health ministry officials explained to Walla! What is their main concern "When there is a mix of morbidity and vaccines in other countries - this is a great time for the formation of variants. It should be remembered that this can have a price here in the country as well. We do not declare red states and it can lead to very great risk."
And so it seems to return to Sorno again, as if we had learned nothing from the previous four waves. Health Minister Horowitz, reiterates that he is not willing to declare graduation parties, as in the previous government, but in practice takes a permissive approach that jeopardizes everything we managed to get out of it tooth and nail.
Prof. Galia Rahav, an expert in infectious diseases, explains to Walla! Because once again we fall into our typical Israeliness: "What is typical of Israel?", Rahav asks, and answers: "The whole world wanted to know what we did in the first wave we went through relatively well or in the first vaccination operation.When we get back to normal, we get lost. "
"I would be happy to admit only tourists with a fresh vaccine and without vaccines that are not approved," says Prof. Rahav.
"In general I do not want to introduce politics into health. I am a doctor so I want to look only at health, but I understand that this is not the only criterion. No one knows how long the booster will protect us or when a new variant will enter, and in light of what we have learned in the past "This is a reasonable scenario. We have to be careful and we are not careful and challenge the Israeli immunity we have reached with great difficulty. In Israel as in Israel, we do not know how to be careful in routine, but only put out fires in emergencies - we are excellent at that," Rahav concludes.
Tourists at Ben Gurion Airport, about two weeks ago (Photo: Momentum)
On the other hand, Professor Hagai Levin, chairman of the Public Health Association, explains that there is a calculated risk here: "While morbidity is low, the economy should be allowed to recover, and when the level of morbidity rises, the restrictions should be restored. We need to make a balanced decision so that all our public and social needs are met.
"" Those returning from Ben Gurion Airport need to pay special attention because there may be danger from there. We need to see that decisions are made based on data, not other considerations, "And the reunification of these families also think that it is forbidden to abandon. To admit tourists without a registered vaccine is not normal, but try if it is only on the condition of a positive serological test, then there is a delicate balance here. The next variant will come and with it the fifth wave. , States Levin.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said we had defeated the Delta strain, the question of whether we could push the next strain to penetrate the country as much as possible depended on our ability to be disciplined even between the waves and the government to hold constant tension of emergency.
But when there is economic pressure and almost two million citizens do not agree or hesitate to accept the booster dose, the fifth wave is already just around the corner, no matter how many 'war drills' are practiced in government offices.
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