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> That means only 58% of Israel's total citizenry is fully vaccinated. Experts say that's not nearly high enough. 58% isn't that much higher than most other co
by creato 5y ago
> That means only 58% of Israel's total citizenry is fully vaccinated. Experts say that's not nearly high enough.
58% isn't that much higher than most other countries. France actually has a higher vaccination rate at 61%! So I'm not sure what you think the "country-sized experiment" is.
- bsaul 5y agothat's a very different take on the situation than what israel experts were saying just a few months ago. They reopened everything thanking the vaccine for that, and being happy of being the first country to heavily bet on mass vaccination. (note that the country is closed to people who don't have a pass, and people have to quarantine when they arrive). It looks a bit like they're changing the narrative now that the next wave is coming, saying vaccination rates aren't high enough after all (i'm curious to see one expert provide a definitive number on the "good enough" threshold, based on models or anything else, but maybe 100% it is ?)
- pseudalopex 5y agoI don't know who Israel experts means. But public health experts in different countries said we wouldn't know until people got vaccinated. Some estimated it could be up to 90% of the population. Governments set lower targets like 70% of adults. But the government targets weren't herd immunity estimates.