Right (also "in part because the vaccination of children takes time to come into effect"). They are hovering around R=1 with very minimal restrictions and stil

Right (also "in part because the vaccination of children takes time to come into effect"). They are hovering around R=1 with very minimal restrictions and still a significant amount of people that won't take the vaccine ("citing the fact that a third of the population remains unprotected. This refers to 670,000 unvaccinated Israelis, more than a million people who haven’t received the booster, and children under 12"). They're making up for the vaccine coverage to some extent by: 1. Lots of people got sick. Israel has a young population and a very strong healthcare system so they were able to manage a very high daily case rate per capita. 2. Booster shots. 3. And now, vaccinating children. I don't think anyone knows yet exactly what sort of waning effect you have after the third booster. It's also hard to say what portion of the change is behavioral changes vs. the vaccine's wane. Now the new variant completely changes the calculus yet again.