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COVID in Israel: Third Day in a Row With Over 5,700 New Cases, 421 in Serious Condition
Haaretz ^

Posted on 08/12/2021 10:08:51 AM PDT by MNDude

Israel reported 5,946 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday according to data published by the Health Ministry on Thursday, the day after Israel approved tightening proof of immunity and gathering restrictions as the delta variant continues to spread nationwide.

According to the ministry, the number of serious coronavirus cases in Israel topped Tuesday's six-month high, with 421 cases. There are currently 42,203 active coronavirus cases in Israel.

More than 5.8 million Israelis have received their first vaccine; 5.4 million have received their second vaccine. 716,618 Israelis have received their third coronavirus vaccine.

On Wednesday, Israel's coronavirus cabinet approved expanding the Green Pass proof of immunity program to apply to Israelis aged three and up, as well as limiting gatherings. The new restrictions will go into effect next Wednesday.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boostershots; breakthrough; chinavirus; israel; news
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1 posted on 08/12/2021 10:08:51 AM PDT by MNDude
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Completely impossible.. the vaccines work 100%. Apparently they aren’t wearing several mask and social distancing in their homes and they haven’t received the 3rd - 30th booster shots.


2 posted on 08/12/2021 10:13:41 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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In reality, I don’t think there is a any surge of break thru cases.

It’s just the establishment realizing it will probably be easier to increase their profits by pushing a 3rd shot onto the fearful vaccinated and their children rather than forcing the unvaccinated to take one.


3 posted on 08/12/2021 10:18:34 AM PDT by MNDude
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Probably right.. gotta make that profit from somewhere.


4 posted on 08/12/2021 10:19:37 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MNDude

have they started using drug therapies yet?


5 posted on 08/12/2021 10:21:16 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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"More than 5.8 million Israelis have received their first vaccine; 5.4 million have received their second vaccine. 716,618 Israelis have received their third coronavirus vaccine."

Considering the fact that Israel's population is about 8.8. million, I find these numbers a bit confusing. Rather than these being three distinct groups, the second group must be a subset of the first, and the third group a subset of the second.
6 posted on 08/12/2021 10:21:30 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: MNDude

Probably exactly right. I have a feeling there will be a final push this fall to get every last penny of profit. Compliance loop after compliance loop, empty threat over empty threat. Then for one reason or another they will not be approved. The conspirators will have pockets full of cash and the lab rats will have no legal recourse since it was experimental after all. Shortly after they will come out with a therapeutics approach that will essentially be re-branded version of already available therapeutics. Everyone will forget and rush for the next magic cure.


7 posted on 08/12/2021 10:26:20 AM PDT by bak3r
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To: MNDude

And they are a nation that is heavily vaccinated also.


8 posted on 08/12/2021 10:28:06 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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” Have they started using drug therapies yet?”

This is the only question that matters


9 posted on 08/12/2021 10:35:30 AM PDT by Mygirlsmom (Back after a long hiatus. Now mygrandkidsgrandma)
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To: MNDude
Have you guys seen this? It's a MUST.

Dr. Explains covid and vaccines to school board.

10 posted on 08/12/2021 10:36:07 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: MNDude

Green Pass vaccine passport for anyone over the age of 3. Age of 3.


11 posted on 08/12/2021 10:41:14 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: MNDude

Adolph Hitler would be very proud.


12 posted on 08/12/2021 10:42:11 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE)
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9 million people in Israel, 42,000 active cases, or .05% of the population has Covid. Let’s freak out.


13 posted on 08/12/2021 10:45:29 AM PDT by Durbin
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To: MNDude
Invest in Caterpillar.


14 posted on 08/12/2021 10:46:36 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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So, 42K+ cases of COVID, 421 serious or 1%. This is not deaths but serious cases. Is this not a GOOD thing? Is herd immunity around the corner? Will there not be 42K more people that are 7X more protected from COVID than those who received the vaccine? This seems to be what countries should be hoping for.


15 posted on 08/12/2021 11:42:11 AM PDT by JCM
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To: MNDude

But the Vaccines are “Safe and Effective”

must be fake news


16 posted on 08/12/2021 1:39:49 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: maddog55

the vaccines were never said to work 100%, 93=95% against death, lower percentages against hospitalization and lower against sniffles, with J^J and Moderna seeming to have the best performance against delta.

Point in fact, vaccines do excellent against the alpha variant (original wuhan). Not so much against a variant that is perfecting immune escape - that would be vaccinated immune escape and unvaccinated immune escape


17 posted on 08/12/2021 3:25:46 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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716,618 Israelis

that should be almost all of the seniors.


18 posted on 08/12/2021 3:26:33 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: Robert DeLong
It could be precisely because Israel did its job so well that breakthrough cases are a larger percentage of hospitalizations:

The more people there are in the area being counted who are vaccinated, the more the percentage of breakthrough cases will rise, because there is a smaller and smaller percentage that are unvaccinated. (It could also be reflection of the fact that there are fewer hospitalizations and deaths overall.)

This is why the NY Times did their own study a different way, a method that does not make people wonder why the percentage of breakthrough cases is going up:

They used the number of breakthroughs and the vaccination rate over time to estimate rate of hospitalizations and deaths for each group in every state of the U.S. for which data was available.

In those results, the unvaccinated were hospitalized at five times the rate of the vaccinated, and died at eight times the rate.

Here's the internet version of the story. The one in the print edition was spectacular, with data for almost every state.

Undoubtedly, the vaccines lose some of their potency over time, but it is not as drastic as usually portrayed. To use an absurd example, if there were only two people in the hospital and they were both breakthrough cases, the rate would be 100 percent.

Apologies to the Times for using their information to make the point. The entire article is worth reading, as is all of their extensive daily coverage of this super-important topic.

19 posted on 08/12/2021 4:25:14 PM PDT by firebrand ( )
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To: Steve_Seattle
According to Ourworldindata the vaccination rate in Israel is 67%
20 posted on 08/12/2021 4:34:05 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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