Coronavirus Spreading Among the Vaccinated in Highly Vaccinated Countries
A recent study published by King’s College in London, which operates the ZOE COVID Study app to monitor COVID infection and vaccination rates, found that, as of July 15, 2021, there was an average of 15,537 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID-19 among partly or fully vaccinated people in the United Kingdom—an increase of 40 […]
Highly Vaccinated Israel Has a Nagging Coronavirus Problem
With 81 percent of Israel’s adult population (and nearly 59 percent of its overall population) fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and the number of reported SARS-CoV-2 infections down to under 20 cases per day, the Israeli government lifted most COVID-19-related restrictions in the country on June 1, 2021. One of the main remaining restrictions was the […]
Half of COVID Delta Variant Infections in Israel are in Vaccinated People
Israel is currently experiencing a surge in the number of people testing positive for the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. On June 24, 2021, the country’s Ministry of Health announced that it had registered 227 new coronavirus cases—the highest daily increase since May. This compares to only 13 cases of the virus the previous […]
Two Elderly Men Die Hours After Getting COVID-19 Vaccines in Israel
A 75-year-old man suffered a heart attack and died two hours after receiving the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental messenger RNA (mRNA) BNT162b2 vaccine for COVID-19 at a local health clinic in Israel.1 2 3 The elderly man, who was reported to have cancer and a history of heart attacks, was administered the vaccine at […]