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Israeli Health Ministry Panel Recommends Third COVID Shot for Older People: Most experts on the committee argue for a COVID booster shot for Israelis 60 and above as the delta variant spreads
Haaretz ^ | 07/28/2021 | Ronny Linder and Michael Hauser Tov

Posted on 07/28/2021 9:15:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Experts advising the Health Ministry have recommended that older people receive a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, though they disagree on whether the cohort should start at 60 years old, 65 or 70.

Some of the data presented at a discussion Wednesday suggested that the vaccine's effectiveness in preventing severe symptoms among 60-year-olds and above has dropped to 81 percent from 97 percent in January.

While most panel members favored a booster shot for anyone 60 or older, others suggested that the bar be raised to 65 or 70. The Health Ministry's director general, Nachman Ash, will make the final decision.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will meet the health minister and other experts on Thursday to discuss the health or economic implications of the said move, a statement by the prime minister's office reads.

Earlier Wednesday, experts told Haaretz that there is still not enough data on the effectiveness and safety of a third dose, but they also expressed concerns about delaying the decision.

Prof. Galia Rahav, head of the infectious disease unit at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, will head a research team looking into the move. Rahav told Haaretz that she hopes to begin testing a third dose next week.

“We're seeing a dramatic drop in the level of immunity and we know the elderly respond less to vaccines than the young, but we don’t have this data for COVID-19,” she said.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; israel; vaccines

1 posted on 07/28/2021 9:15:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Omg scary.


2 posted on 07/28/2021 9:17:11 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: SeekAndFind; BeauBo; 2aProtectsTheRest

Oh dear and then they’ll have to start lowering the age I would imagine.


3 posted on 07/28/2021 9:17:58 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: SeekAndFind

Gillette safety razor marketing.

Razor,free = First and Second doses

More blades = “Boosters”.

And on YOUR dime!


4 posted on 07/28/2021 9:28:43 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

RE: And on YOUR dime!

That’s the only difference... in Israel, it’s still free for everyone.


5 posted on 07/28/2021 9:30:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder if the Delta Variant morphed from the original Covid-19 or if it was created by China or the U.S. at Biden’s order.


6 posted on 07/28/2021 9:38:19 PM PDT by Rembrandt (-a sure sign a Dem is lying - his lips are moving.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“experts told Haaretz that there is still not enough data on the effectiveness and safety of a third dose”

DOH!! Wonder why that would be? They won’t know anything until they inflict it on the global lab rats again. They’re going to kill us all.


7 posted on 07/28/2021 9:39:44 PM PDT by bluejean (Living one day at a time in the national psych ward.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It appears we are back to where we started. So what happens after the THIRD shot? Will it be the fourth, fifth, etc?


8 posted on 07/28/2021 9:54:03 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: Rembrandt

Well considering we rolled out massive vaccinations, during a pandemic, with a very narrowly focused “vaccine” (single protein focus), there is a very good chance this mutation was due to our actions.

Did we really think a coronavirus, a notorious mutator, would not find its way around such narrowly applied pressure? Foolish, our actions through this whole ordeal, have been foolish.


9 posted on 07/28/2021 9:54:19 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: SeekAndFind
That’s the only difference... in Israel, it’s still free for everyone.

It's never free. The government pays for it. In the case of Israel, we're probably paying for part of it.
10 posted on 07/28/2021 9:56:49 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: walkingdead

Well considering we rolled out massive vaccinations, during a pandemic, with a very narrowly focused “vaccine” (single protein focus), there is a very good chance this mutation was due to our actions.
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THis ^^^^^^^^


11 posted on 07/28/2021 10:09:12 PM PDT by Hogblog
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To: Dapper 26

RE: So what happens after the THIRD shot? Will it be the fourth, fifth, etc?

Like the flu, it will mutate and mutate, which means a seasonal shot.


12 posted on 07/28/2021 10:12:41 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

doubling or tripling down on failure
is seldom a prescription for success


13 posted on 07/28/2021 10:20:33 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (an )
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To: Dapper 26

It will never end. By the way you still have to wear a mask.

To keep your freedoms and job you must be up to date.


14 posted on 07/28/2021 10:23:36 PM PDT by moviefan8 (#restorethesnyderverse)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s the ticket! Keep jabbing until you get it right!


15 posted on 07/29/2021 1:29:12 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: walkingdead

Foolish, our actions through this whole ordeal, have been foolish.


Quite right, our first order of business should have been a missile strike on the Wuhan lab.


16 posted on 07/29/2021 4:21:42 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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To: SeekAndFind

The definition of insanity (Albert Einstein) is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Watch this for proof there’s graphene oxide in the kill shot.

https://rumble.com/vkgdq7-deadly-shots-former-pfizer-employee-confirms-poison-in-covid-vaccine.html


17 posted on 07/29/2021 5:40:43 AM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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18 posted on 07/29/2021 5:51:57 AM PDT by SJackson (blow in a dog’s face he gets mad, on a car ride he sticks his head out the window)
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It reminds me of the Charles Addams cartoon

19 posted on 07/29/2021 5:54:37 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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