Also worth noting is that despite their massive lead in vaccinations, Israel’s short term situation in terms of cases is quite bad. They test a lot, so their positive rate is still only a little over 6%, and their death rates remain well behind ours, but it’s clear that the vaccines have not let them turn the corner on infections yet despite being over 20% complete. I do expect them to turn the death rate corner soon, since so many of their vulnerable are now protected, but it seems infections are continuing to rise.
I wouldn’t expect vaccinating the vulnerable to have much effect on the infection rate. No?
Also, the vaccine takes ~10 days to start having an effect. Plus say there is ~7 days delay from infection to test. 17 days ago Israel had vaccinated 6% so we wouldn’t expect to see much effect in the case numbers yet.
I wouldn’t expect vaccinating the vulnerable to have much effect on the infection rate. No?
Also, the vaccine takes ~10 days to start having an effect. Plus say there is ~7 days delay from infection to test. 17 days ago Israel had vaccinated 6% so we wouldn’t expect to see much effect in the case numbers yet.