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Here in Israel, it really feels like it's "over". There are still some restrictions, but more and more people are just going about their lives like normal. Mas
by edanm 5y ago
Here in Israel, it really feels like it's "over". There are still some restrictions, but more and more people are just going about their lives like normal.
Masks are not mandatory outside (though many people still wear them), they are mandatory inside (though many people don't wear them inside anymore).
And the most important thing - social events are back with a vengeance. You can basically do everything you could do a year and a half ago.
- red_trumpet 5y agoHow do you feel about only ~60% of Israel's population is vaccinated? Does this seem to have a effect?
- edanm 5y agoI'm not sure what the exact numbers are, but case counts are down to like ~20 per day so it seems like the vaccinations were enough to stop it entirely. Also, I live in Tel Aviv, which was never the hardest hit area.
- tartoran 5y agoYou’re saying that a large city was hit less than other less populated areas? How did Tel Aviv manage to mitigate the infections prior to the vaccinations? Complying citizens? Education campaigns?
- mgerullis 5y agoHere in Germany the highest incidence numbers in the last months were raging in sparsely populated areas. The smaller the region the easier it is to have x incidents per 1000 people.
- edanm 5y agoLook, I'm not exactly an expert. Tel Aviv was hit somewhat badly, one of the worst, but not the absolute worst. Mostly because most of the population here was somewhat more serious about social distancing / etc. Or rather, there were several other cities that were really really not careful (mostly religious areas). Tel Aviv also got vaccinated fairly fast compared to other places. At least that's my impression.
- n4r9 5y agoCities actually have more going for them than you might think. The population tends to be younger and therefore more "compliant" regarding public health. That means more mask-wearing indoors, distancing whether in or out, and more self-isolating when symptomatic. Delivery of food and groceries is better established. Easier access to testing facilities. Good internet speeds means less inclination to go and see friends in person.
- dukeyukey 5y ago> You’re saying that a large city was hit less than other less populated areas? Can't speak for Israel but I live in London, which is far from the hardest-hit place in the UK. As far as I know, large cities outside Wuhan and maybe NYC haven't been hit especially hard.
- loufe 5y agoAccording to the economist there is well over 90% (adults?) vaccinated first dose and near 90 for the second
- diveanon 5y agoDoes that include the captive Palestinian population?
- red_trumpet 5y agohttps://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations paints a different picture?
- hnburnsy 5y agoI wonder if you add in confirmed and unconfirmed cases and the accompanying immunity, what percentage that would equate to.
- sdajk3n423 5y agoWhat is back to normal like in Isreal? Do you go maskless when you are murdering Palestinian children?
- TechBro8615 5y agoIt was clear the pandemic was over when Israel (and others) went from saving lives to killing people. That juxtaposition made the killing especially heinous. Congrats on being the first to resume state violence after the pandemic, I guess.
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- vort3 5y agoIt's the same in Kazakhstan, people only wear masks indoors when there's someone controlling them, otherwise no one cares.
- truth_ 5y agoIt's so sad to see you receiving hate comments for a simple, completely unrelated comment. Rest assured, not all people think that way. When an Islamic terrorist group deliverately uses human shields of women and children, and they get killed, the blame falls on that terrorist group. Not on Israel. And your comment was unrelated, you shouldn't have faced the hate you faced. Funny how a similar comment aimed at a Chinese person for treatment of Uighurs will be anti-Asian hate speech.
- frashelaw 5y agoYet another shining example of western hypocrisy: ignoring and apologizing for a well documented genocide of Palestinians, and spreading a RFA/CIA narrative blowing an anti-extremist integration campaign in China way out of proportion. Of course I'll get downvoted to hell for saying this, because everyone here agrees with you, but that's just how it is on this website.
- truth_ 5y agoI also believe that the "anti-extremist integration camps" are blown out of proportion. But how the hate speech GP has faced would be considered hate speech if there were a Chinese person at the receiving end is an hypothetical example of hipocricy. If a Chinese person indeed faced it, that is hate speech in my purview, and so is this person facing hate speech just for being from Israel. Hate speeches are not justified. Whether someone is from China or from Israel.
- 8note 5y agoIf you put enough people on a small enough pen, you're not going to be able to miss the civilians. I'd certainly blame the cage maker for making the cage too small. Its highly unrelated to the pandemic though
- truth_ 5y agoHamas could have chosen areas that are not civilian areas. They want death to Israel and genocide of Jews. Israel wants a two-state solution. This is just one example [0]. [0]: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/hamas-quietly-admits-it-fired-rockets-from-civilian-areas/380149/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/09/ha...
- frashelaw 5y agoWhat is back to normal like in Isreal? Do you go maskless when you are murdering Palestinian children?