Posted on 06/30/2021 2:58:30 AM PDT by EBH
JERUSALEM — As the surging delta coronavirus variant forces countries to reinstate restrictions, Israel's new government is standing pat, expressing faith that the nation's high vaccination rate is shielding people from the variant's worst effects. The number of positive cases is rising, but few people are becoming seriously ill.
Officials decided Sunday night that a spike in positive cases did not warrant a return to lockdown or significant restrictions other than reinstating an indoor mask mandate that had dropped just two weeks ago.
“This past week, there has been a rise in the number of people testing positive in Israel, but there hasn’t been a complementary rise in the number of people hospitalized,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. “But we need to know, the delta variant does infect vaccinated people.”
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Covid will mutate and circle the globe forever.
It’s what coronavirus, rhinovirus, and the flu do…
CoupFlu was NEVER about public health.
I know. It’s a message to the cowards who think there’s an end to this.
Utter hypocrisy. But I understand Israel’s thinking, strategically, in consideration of their unique risks.
What became of the Bravo and Charlie variants?
Yes, we’re stuck with it forever.
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