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The important thing is that the vaccines are having a large effect on Covid-related deaths. Despite the current number of reported cases in Israel being equal t
by dlevine 5y ago
The important thing is that the vaccines are having a large effect on Covid-related deaths. Despite the current number of reported cases in Israel being equal to (or even a bit over) the January peak, the number of deaths is much lower.
According to Google's numbers, their current 7-day average number of deaths is 23, while in January they had a 7-day average of about 65. And it looks like the deaths peaked in the past week.
https://www.google.com/search?q=israel+covid+cases&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS743US743&oq=israel+covid+cases&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i131i433i512l2j0i512l3j0i131i433j0i131i433i512l3.3128j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=israel+covid+cases&rlz=1C1CH...
For reference, the numbers in Florida (where vaccination rates are significantly lower) look a lot different. You have many more cases and more deaths than the January peak.
https://www.google.com/search?q=florida+covid+cases&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS743US743&sxsrf=AOaemvID_gOTqLL-QbEY79sgjTI5FtJUzA%3A1630617587318&ei=8z8xYaDbEtOd-gSWpbhg&oq=florida+covid+cases&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECcyCAgAEIAEELEDMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMggIABCABBCxAzIFCAAQgAQyBQgAEIAEMgsIABCABBCxAxCDATIFCAAQgAQ6BwgjELECECc6BggAEAcQHkoECEEYAFDesyVYgrslYJPBJWgAcAJ4AIABoQOIAf4KkgEJMS40LjAuMS4xmAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjgoLnwm-HyAhXTjp4KHZYSDgwQ4dUDCA8&uact=5 https://www.google.com/search?q=florida+covid+cases&rlz=1C1C...
- nradov 5y agoVaccines are very effective at reducing the death rate but when making comparisons between countries or states we also have to adjust for population demographics. Florida has a median age of 42 whereas in Israel it's only 30. And more importantly Florida has 21% of the population over age 65 whereas in Israel it's only 12%. We know that age is a huge risk factor.