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Israel data one month into dose 3 campaign
From Cathi | 08/31/2021 2:19:24 AM PDT new

I watch covid/vaccine data from Israel very closely and follow several of their scientists/doctors on Twitter.
I find it so interesting the way the Israeli press reports the info...always laced with positive subjective opinion which they undoubtedly get from their medical industry.

One month ago Israel began 3rd dosing and has dosed over 2.15 million during the month. They had over 5 million fully (2 doses) vaccinated prior to this.

Their media has been relentless in portraying this 3rd dose program as very successful and likely to be the answer to this Delta wave....all the while insisting now that EVERYONE must get the 3rd dose or they will lose their “green passports” that are required for entry into almost everything.

One month ago (July 31) the 7 day average of new daily cases was 2,089.

Today (August 31) the 7 day average of new cases is up to 8,786. In other words quadrupled in this same month.

7 day average of daily deaths were 3 a day a month ago. Today they average 27 deaths per day.

Test positivity was approximately 5% a month ago and is now up to well over 7%.

How on earth they can keep spinning the data into “good news” for the 3rd dose campaign is beyond me.

Today the press reported, “The number of Israel’s coronavirus patients who are in serious condition declined slightly to 719 on Tuesday, a day before the school year begins throughout the country, with most schools set to hold in-person classes.”

Yes, it’s true that the “serious condition” numbers were 30 cases higher two days ago. But, during those same 2 days Israeli deaths shot up by 93. When you remove those 93 deceased from the “serious condition” category there is no improvement. By the way, a week ago that “serious condition” number was just 600.

If all of this is success, I sure don’t want to see failure.