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The corona 19 positive rate decreased by 33% after the first vaccination over 60 years of age.
Interruption of international flights to block the mutation and maximize the effect of the vaccine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is receiving a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Medical Center in the central city of Ramattgan on the 9th. Ramat Gan = AP Yonhap News
Israel is conducting an “experiment” that brings humanity to the fore. To achieve ‘herd immunity’, the only weapon to defeat the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), as soon as possible, the country itself was the object of the experiment. The corona19 vaccination rate per population is overwhelming number one in other countries. Just from the revealed results, Israel is likely to be the first country to win the battle against Corona 19. On the contrary, if Israel is defeated, the end of the infectious disease will surely go further. That is why the eyes of the world 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 2,586,000 people have completed the first vaccination. It represents 28% of the Israeli population (9 million). Among them, 1,099,000 people completed the second vaccination. According to ‘Our World in Data’, a statistical site of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, the number of vaccinations per 100 people in Israel per day was 41.8, the United Arab Emirates (25.1), the United Kingdom (10.1), Bahrain (8.5) and United States (6.2). Myeong) is way ahead. Israel was able to obtain large amounts early on on the condition of providing real-time vaccination data to Pfizer and Bioentech.
The results of the initial vaccination are also relatively positive. As a result of a recent comparison and follow-up of 200,000 citizens aged 60 and over who received the vaccine from Claret, an Israeli health institution, and the control group that did not receive the vaccine, the corona 19 positive rate dropped to a third in two weeks after a vaccination. After the vaccination rate of people aged 60 years and older 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. It means that getting the vaccine is better.
Israel did not settle here. Risk factors are being further controlled in order to maximize the efficacy of the vaccine. The third national blockade, which began last month, lasted until the 31st, and the entire air route was blocked for a week starting on the 25th. Except for special purposes such as cargo transportation, fire fighting, medical care and funerals. , all international flights have been suspended. This is a very weak recipe for blocking the mutant virus from Great 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 we were sealing.”
The scope of vaccination is also expanding. Beyond the elderly and high-risk groups, people over 40 have recently started getting vaccinated, and since day 23 high school students aged 16 to 18 and pregnant women preparing for the vaccines have been vaccinated. college entrance exams. The number of vaccinations per day is close to 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 drop significantly in early March.
Of course, there are also loopholes. It is the subject of vaccination of minors. Currently marketed 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 contagion is not low. Clinical trials of vaccines for children under 12 years are currently underway, with the first results to be published during the summer. It means that approval for use will only be possible next year. “Until children can get the vaccine,” the Economist in the British magazine Current Affairs Week noted that adults should be willing to roll up their sleeves to curb the pandemic.
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