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Israel begins Pfizer boosters due to breakthrough infections.What if that does not work? Horrifying news.

When reviewing the statistics remember Israel's population is smaller than North Carolina's which has suffered about 3000 case per day the last few days

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"Almost 80 per cent of the adult {Israeli} population has been fully vaccinated, one of the highest rates in the world, but more than 6,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday, according to the health ministry. Nearly 650 people were in hospital and 400 of them were in serious condition, it said, without indicating how many had already been vaccinated."

"Just under 5 per cent of coronavirus tests were coming back positive, in a sign that the nation was in the midst of a major Covid increase, warned Salman Zarka, the government’s coronavirus tsar. Israel was at “a critical point for our health, for our lives and for our economy”, he said."

"Now, with studies showing the efficacy of the vaccine fading among the over-60s, some of whom received their first shots as early as December, health authorities have taken the lead in administering booster injections."

"Israel did not wait for the US Food and Drug Administration to approve boosters of the Pfizer vaccine, instead administering third shots to about 2,000 immunocompromised people weeks ago before extending it to all those over 60 on August 1. As many as 600,000 older Israelis have now received a third shot, which could soon be offered to the over-50s too."

"But the rapid pace of new infections makes it likely that new restrictions will have to be imposed, he said."

https://www.ft.com/content/9e06cb33-38a1-4efe-859e-95008c85a623