Posts: 68,298
Threads: 17,198
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
.....with Pfizer vaccine......
Delta Variant Outbreak in Israel Infects Some Vaccinated Adults
Government reimposes indoor mask requirement in light of preliminary findings
....About half of adults infected in an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in Israel were fully inoculated with the Pfizer Inc. vaccine, prompting the government to reimpose an indoor mask requirement and other measures to contain the highly transmissible strain.
Preliminary findings by Israeli health officials suggest about 90% of new infections were likely caused by the Delta variant, according to Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory panel on Covid-19 for the government. Children under 16, most of whom haven’t been vaccinated, accounted for about half of those infected, he said.
The government this week expanded its vaccination campaign to include all 12- to 15-year-olds after a jump in infections among schoolchildren in a town in central Israel. It has since quickly spread geographically and to other groups of the population.
The number of cases in Israel is relatively low by global standards. But new cases of Covid-19 rose to over 200 on Thursday from around 10 a day for most of June.
Israel is now reassessing its Covid-19 regulations after moving to open up its society and economy following multiple lockdowns last year........
not good........?!
_____________________________________
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Posts: 31,861
Threads: 708
Joined: Jun 2024
Reputation:
0
Pfizer looses a point on my card of deciding which brand might be second vaccine type...
Posts: 9,996
Threads: 393
Joined: Apr 2022
Reputation:
0
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
Pfizer looses a point on my card of deciding which brand might be second vaccine type...
Moderna probably would fare about the same, but we can't tell that from Israel because they use Pfizer almost exclusively.
Posts: 25,452
Threads: 2,519
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
A Pfizer or Moderna double dose is the best way to get excellent protection against delta, alpha and their close friends. Pfizer strong efficacy against delta is clinically proven in the UK.
JJ data not in yet.
Dr. Jonathan (something, he's a regular) on CNN just said the hysteria over Israel is like hearing that 90% of cancer patients are right-handed and being shocked.
.it's exactly as expected and nothing to raise alarm.
Unvaccinated people should be wearing masks and are at high risk, we need to keep the focus on getting shots in arms.
Posts: 22,216
Threads: 2,842
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
1
:repost:
(more or less the same as what was posted in Sarcany's post below...)
... the only slightly new bit of information here is the suggestion to continue to mask.
And we all know how that would work out here. About as well as suggesting that everyone should get vaccinated.
Posts: 13,793
Threads: 1,150
Joined: Jun 2025
Reputation:
0
I'm having trouble with the statistics. Are they talking about a specific outbreak? Or are they saying half of everyone recently infected in the entire country of Israel were vaccinated?
Posts: 37,098
Threads: 2,599
Joined: May 2025
Reputation:
0
The statistics are meaningless but I can't get through the paywall to see if they're made sensible somehow. Seems purposefully alarmist.
Posts: 31,261
Threads: 2,348
Joined: Feb 2025
mattkime wrote:
The statistics are meaningless but I can't get through the paywall to see if they're made sensible somehow. Seems purposefully alarmist.
Sans paywall, try the Bypass Paywalls extension in FF - works on many sites.
TEL AVIV—About half of adults infected in an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in Israel were fully inoculated with the Pfizer Inc. vaccine, prompting the government to reimpose an indoor mask requirement and other measures to contain the highly transmissible strain.
Preliminary findings by Israeli health officials suggest about 90% of new infections were likely caused by the Delta variant, according to Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory panel on Covid-19 for the government. Children under 16, most of whom haven’t been vaccinated, accounted for about half of those infected, he said.
The government this week expanded its vaccination campaign to include all 12- to 15-year-olds after a jump in infections among schoolchildren in a town in central Israel. It has since quickly spread geographically and to other groups of the population.
The number of cases in Israel is relatively low by global standards. But new cases of Covid-19 rose to over 200 on Thursday from around 10 a day for most of June.
Israel is now reassessing its Covid-19 regulations after moving to open up its society and economy following multiple lockdowns last year.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
“The entrance of the Delta variant has changed the transmission dynamics,” said Prof. Balicer, who is also the chief innovation officer for Israel’s largest health-management organization, Clalit.
The Delta variant, which first emerged in India in late 2020 and is also known as B.1.617.2, has now been detected in more than 70 countries. In the U.S., public-health experts expect it to soon become the dominant strain.
Delta Variant
India Warns of New Versions of Delta Variant Spreading (June 25)
The Delta Covid-19 Variant Is Spreading: What Does This Mean for the U.S.? (June 22)
Delta Covid-19 Variant Could Be Dominant in U.S. in Two to Three Weeks, Study Says (June 22)
Covid-19 Delta Variant First Found in India Is Quickly Spreading Across Globe (June 9)
These so-called breakthrough cases—defined as positive Covid-19 test results received at least two weeks after patients receive their final vaccine dose—are broadly expected as the Pfizer vaccine is highly effective but not 100% foolproof, according to Mr. Balicer.
Israeli health officials are optimistic that even if the variant does spread, evidence from countries such as the U.K. indicate the vaccine will prevent a large increase in severe illness and hospitalizations that plagued the country’s health system in previous outbreaks. Israel has only recorded five severe cases in the past 10 days, Prof. Balicer said, but whether more will emerge is too early to tell.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
Those exempt from the mask requirement included children under seven, people with disabilities that prevent them from wearing a mask or two workers who work regularly together. The government had canceled the indoor mask requirement 10 days ago and dropped most other preventive measures after running one of the world’s fastest vaccination campaigns. About 80% of Israelis of age 16 and above have received two doses of the vaccine that was developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE.
The Israeli government earlier this week recommended that all 12- to 15-year-olds be vaccinated to protect against the Delta variant.
The Israeli government earlier this week recommended that all 12- to 15-year-olds be vaccinated to protect against the Delta variant.
Photo: Nir Alon/Zuma Press
Israel was an early test case for the effectiveness of the vaccine after outbreaks last year at one point gave it one of the world’s highest per-capita infection rates. Since the start of the pandemic, 840,522 of the country’s 9.3 millions citizens have been infected, of which 6,429 died.
Israeli health officials said the highly contagious strain had likely entered the country through its main international airport, near Tel Aviv, where a system meant to vet every new arrival through testing was overloaded in recent days amid a surge in foreign travel.
On Wednesday, the government delayed allowing foreign nationals to enter into the country for tourism from July 1 to Aug. 1 and reimposed a mask requirement inside airports.
Advertisement - Scroll to Continue
“Our goal at the moment, first and foremost, is to safeguard the citizens of Israel from the Delta variant that is running amok in the world,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday.
|
