https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-health-official-election-fever-driving-governments-pandemic-decisions/
Top health official: Election fever driving government’s pandemic decisions

A senior Health Ministry official on Tuesday suggested the government’s latest decisions to lift coronavirus-related restrictions were influenced by the upcoming election later this month.

Despite successful vaccination campaign, Chezy Levy says fourth lockdown possible if virus cases continue to rise

https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-health-official-election-fever-driving-governments-pandemic-decisions/
Top health official: Election fever driving government’s pandemic decisions

A senior Health Ministry official on Tuesday suggested the government’s latest decisions to lift coronavirus-related restrictions were influenced by the upcoming election later this month.

Despite successful vaccination campaign, Chezy Levy says fourth lockdown possible if virus cases continue to rise

https://www.jns.org/israels-climbing-r-rate-clouds-plans-to-reopen-economy/
Israel’s climbing R rate clouds plans to reopen economy

The number of people vaccinated against covid-19 in Israel has surpassed 4.74 million or 51 percent of its population.

Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to 1, higher than 0.79 about a week ago. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to gradually reopen the economy following the country’s third lockdown.

https://www.jns.org/israels-climbing-r-rate-clouds-plans-to-reopen-economy/
Israel’s climbing R rate clouds plans to reopen economy

The number of people vaccinated against covid-19 in Israel has surpassed 4.74 million or 51 percent of its population.

Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to 1, higher than 0.79 about a week ago. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to gradually reopen the economy following the country’s third lockdown.

Why were infections down in the last few weeks?

Numerous reasons have been listed for the significant decline in global infection rates.

Clearly, vaccinations cannot be the only reason, because only a small percentage of the global population has been vaccinated. It is just as clear that distancing and hygiene rules are effective in many countries. Both arguments would suggest a very slow path to relaxing strict contact restrictions.

In mid-February, a research team from the universities of Atlanta and Pennsylvania published a sensational study in the medical journal Science. In it, they predict that mutations will soon push the coronavirus from pandemic to endemic

Why were infections down in the last few weeks?

Numerous reasons have been listed for the significant decline in global infection rates.

Clearly, vaccinations cannot be the only reason, because only a small percentage of the global population has been vaccinated. It is just as clear that distancing and hygiene rules are effective in many countries. Both arguments would suggest a very slow path to relaxing strict contact restrictions.

In mid-February, a research team from the universities of Atlanta and Pennsylvania published a sensational study in the medical journal Science. In it, they predict that mutations will soon push the coronavirus from pandemic to endemic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/02/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
Global coronavirus numbers edging back up after weeks of decline, says WHO

The global number of new coronavirus cases rose for the first time in nearly two months, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming the surge in infections on circulating variants and premature efforts to lift public health restrictions.

Cases over the past week jumped in every region except for Africa and the Western Pacific, the U.N. agency said, after declining for six weeks straight. In the United States, a steady drop in new cases last month also appeared to be leveling off and there are fears it could reverse course amid yet another wave of infections.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/02/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
Global coronavirus numbers edging back up after weeks of decline, says WHO

The global number of new coronavirus cases rose for the first time in nearly two months, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming the surge in infections on circulating variants and premature efforts to lift public health restrictions.

Cases over the past week jumped in every region except for Africa and the Western Pacific, the U.N. agency said, after declining for six weeks straight. In the United States, a steady drop in new cases last month also appeared to be leveling off and there are fears it could reverse course amid yet another wave of infections.

https://www.thedailycitizen.com/who-premature-unrealistic-covid-19-will-end-soon/article_d5720524-e10e-5ce0-b3b3-572c7970aaf1.html
WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

Dr. Michael Ryan, director of WHO’s emergencies program yesterday said that it was premature and unrealistic to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year.

Right now the focus should be to keep transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible. He also said that many of the licensed vaccines appear to be helping curb the virus’ explosive spread.

He further added that right now the virus is very much in control. He also mentioned that for the first time in seven weeks, the number of COVID-19 cases have spiked last week, after six consecutive weeks of declining numbers.

https://www.thedailycitizen.com/who-premature-unrealistic-covid-19-will-end-soon/article_d5720524-e10e-5ce0-b3b3-572c7970aaf1.html
WHO: 'Premature,' 'unrealistic' COVID-19 will end soon

Dr. Michael Ryan, director of WHO’s emergencies program yesterday said that it was premature and unrealistic to think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year.

Right now the focus should be to keep transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible. He also said that many of the licensed vaccines appear to be helping curb the virus’ explosive spread.

He further added that right now the virus is very much in control. He also mentioned that for the first time in seven weeks, the number of COVID-19 cases have spiked last week, after six consecutive weeks of declining numbers.

By the middle of this year, all adults in Britain are due to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine in what is on course to be the fastest inoculation rollout in a major Western country. But disease modelers advising the U.K. government recently made a sobering projection: 56,000 more Covid-19 deaths by the summer of next year, even if the country tiptoes out of lockdown and the vaccines work.

The study points to the uncomfortable prospect that even with an effective vaccine, the virus will continue to take a toll on society and that some restrictions may have to be periodically reintroduced to control the coronavirus’s spread.

The conclusion: Businesses and governments around the world need to prepare to live with Covid-19, accepting that the virus won’t disappear but equally that lockdowns cannot go on forever once hospitalizations are brought down to manageable levels.

By the middle of this year, all adults in Britain are due to be offered a Covid-19 vaccine in what is on course to be the fastest inoculation rollout in a major Western country. But disease modelers advising the U.K. government recently made a sobering projection: 56,000 more Covid-19 deaths by the summer of next year, even if the country tiptoes out of lockdown and the vaccines work.

The study points to the uncomfortable prospect that even with an effective vaccine, the virus will continue to take a toll on society and that some restrictions may have to be periodically reintroduced to control the coronavirus’s spread.

The conclusion: Businesses and governments around the world need to prepare to live with Covid-19, accepting that the virus won’t disappear but equally that lockdowns cannot go on forever once hospitalizations are brought down to manageable levels.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-success-wont-eliminate-virus-risk-u-k-concludes-11614111151
Covid-19 Vaccine Success Won’t Eliminate Virus Risk, U.K. Concludes

The disease will continue to take a heavy toll even if the shots work, government advisers project

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-success-wont-eliminate-virus-risk-u-k-concludes-11614111151
Covid-19 Vaccine Success Won’t Eliminate Virus Risk, U.K. Concludes

The disease will continue to take a heavy toll even if the shots work, government advisers project

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/will-we-still-be-wearing-masks-in-2022-when-will-life-return-to-normal-dr-fauci-cautions-it-really-depends-on-what-you-mean-by-normality-2021-02-22
COVID-19 fatalities hit 500K in the U.S. When will life return to normal? Dr. Fauci cautions, ‘It really depends on what you mean by normality’

Dr. Anthony Fauci said America’s New Normal after the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations is delivered depends on a number of unknowns. He cautioned against sound bites promising a return to how life was before the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/will-we-still-be-wearing-masks-in-2022-when-will-life-return-to-normal-dr-fauci-cautions-it-really-depends-on-what-you-mean-by-normality-2021-02-22
COVID-19 fatalities hit 500K in the U.S. When will life return to normal? Dr. Fauci cautions, ‘It really depends on what you mean by normality’

Dr. Anthony Fauci said America’s New Normal after the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations is delivered depends on a number of unknowns. He cautioned against sound bites promising a return to how life was before the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.thequint.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-isnt-going-anywhere-how-do-we-learn-to-live-with-it
Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere, How Do We Learn to Live With It?

There was hope that the year would bring with it a return to normalcy - and take us back to life as we knew it before the COVID-19 pandemic first struck us.

With major advancements in vaccines, falling cases and a reduced death rate in a majority of regions, this expectation, at first, didn’t appear to be far-off.


How realistic would it then be to imagine a post-COVID world already? Not quite, as multiple global reports are proof of. The year 2021 would need to accommodate the ‘new normal’, and life may never be the same again.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) had warned us months back in May 2020, that the novel coronavirus ‘may never go away’.

While over 100 vaccines are being developed in the world right now against COVID-19, it cannot be guaranteed that the virus will get eradicated.

https://www.thequint.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-isnt-going-anywhere-how-do-we-learn-to-live-with-it
Coronavirus Isn’t Going Anywhere, How Do We Learn to Live With It?

There was hope that the year would bring with it a return to normalcy - and take us back to life as we knew it before the COVID-19 pandemic first struck us.

With major advancements in vaccines, falling cases and a reduced death rate in a majority of regions, this expectation, at first, didn’t appear to be far-off.


How realistic would it then be to imagine a post-COVID world already? Not quite, as multiple global reports are proof of. The year 2021 would need to accommodate the ‘new normal’, and life may never be the same again.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) had warned us months back in May 2020, that the novel coronavirus ‘may never go away’.

While over 100 vaccines are being developed in the world right now against COVID-19, it cannot be guaranteed that the virus will get eradicated.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/23/business/israel-vaccines-normalcy/
Even the world’s most-vaccinated economy faces a tough reopening

As the world waits for a vaccine-driven return to normal, Israel is showing what a long and arduous road it will be.

With vaccine certificates expiring after six months, it will be a while before people can put the pandemic behind them.

"I still don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/02/23/business/israel-vaccines-normalcy/
Even the world’s most-vaccinated economy faces a tough reopening

As the world waits for a vaccine-driven return to normal, Israel is showing what a long and arduous road it will be.

With vaccine certificates expiring after six months, it will be a while before people can put the pandemic behind them.

"I still don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

But vaccines alone have not been an immediate panacea, as experts have warned. There are four reasons for this.

First, production and distribution can be unpredictable and susceptible to delay.

Second, polling has shown that even with widespread vaccine availability, people may still be hesitant to receive one.

Third, younger children probably won’t be vaccinated until “the beginning of the first quarter of 2022,”

Fourth, research is still ongoing about how big an impact the coronavirus vaccines will have on asymptomatic transmission. The vaccines are very effective at protecting people from developing covid-19 symptoms, but experts suggest that people continue following precautions such as mask-wearing and social distancing until they have more data about the virus’s silent spread.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/21/covid-fauci-masks-2022/
When will we return to normal? The question looms as Fauci says mask-wearing may continue in 2022.

“No, you know, I can’t say that, Dana,” Fauci told CNN’s Dana Bash when she asked him on Sunday whether his timeline for a return to normality had been pushed back by a year or more. “Because then it will be a sound bite that’s not true. I’m saying: We don’t know.”

If consensus among experts on this subject exists, it is that nobody really knows when, exactly, normal will return. However, Fauci also said that face masks — for many Americans, one of the most visible signs of abnormality — may still be necessary in 2022.

In general, there are too many unknowns to say definitively when the coronavirus pandemic will end.

But vaccines alone have not been an immediate panacea, as experts have warned. There are four reasons for this.

First, production and distribution can be unpredictable and susceptible to delay.

Second, polling has shown that even with widespread vaccine availability, people may still be hesitant to receive one.

Third, younger children probably won’t be vaccinated until “the beginning of the first quarter of 2022,”

Fourth, research is still ongoing about how big an impact the coronavirus vaccines will have on asymptomatic transmission. The vaccines are very effective at protecting people from developing covid-19 symptoms, but experts suggest that people continue following precautions such as mask-wearing and social distancing until they have more data about the virus’s silent spread.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/02/21/covid-fauci-masks-2022/
When will we return to normal? The question looms as Fauci says mask-wearing may continue in 2022.

“No, you know, I can’t say that, Dana,” Fauci told CNN’s Dana Bash when she asked him on Sunday whether his timeline for a return to normality had been pushed back by a year or more. “Because then it will be a sound bite that’s not true. I’m saying: We don’t know.”

If consensus among experts on this subject exists, it is that nobody really knows when, exactly, normal will return. However, Fauci also said that face masks — for many Americans, one of the most visible signs of abnormality — may still be necessary in 2022.

In general, there are too many unknowns to say definitively when the coronavirus pandemic will end.

http://www.loopslu.com/content/whats-safe-after-covid-19-vaccination-dont-shed-masks-yet-5
What comes next after Covid-19 vaccine? Is it safe to take off masks and go back to everyday activities?

You're fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — now what? Don't expect to shed your mask and get back to normal activities right away.

That's going to be a disappointment, if not a shock, to many people.

The vaccines are highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, especially severe illness and death — but no one yet knows how well they block spread of the coronavirus.

http://www.loopslu.com/content/whats-safe-after-covid-19-vaccination-dont-shed-masks-yet-5
What comes next after Covid-19 vaccine? Is it safe to take off masks and go back to everyday activities?

You're fully vaccinated against the coronavirus — now what? Don't expect to shed your mask and get back to normal activities right away.

That's going to be a disappointment, if not a shock, to many people.

The vaccines are highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, especially severe illness and death — but no one yet knows how well they block spread of the coronavirus.

https://www.ft.com/content/f27fab49-0a63-467a-a740-0c94f7be54b3
Escaping lockdown: when will life return to normal?

Behind the debate over easing lockdown, there is the growing public realisation that the new Covid vaccines — while representing a stunning scientific achievement — will not be the silver bullet they might have seemed in December, when the first trial results appeared.

Instead, governments and societies will have to learn how to manage a complex series of risks, both in the short term while only part of the population has been vaccinated, and in the long term as the disease lingers even after most people have received the jab.

Some scientists describe a long drawn-out battle with an endemic virus that constantly evolves — with new vaccines and treatments being deployed in a way that they hope will allow much but not all of normal life to return.

Few see total eradication as a possibility, in the way that smallpox was wiped off the face of the Earth 40 years ago, because the Sars-Cov-2 virus mutates far faster than smallpox, it often transmits when there are no signs of infection and it can replicate in other animals.

So societies will have to live with Covid for the indefinite future, hoping that better drugs will be developed to treat symptoms while vaccines keep pace with the ever-changing virus.

https://www.ft.com/content/f27fab49-0a63-467a-a740-0c94f7be54b3
Escaping lockdown: when will life return to normal?

Behind the debate over easing lockdown, there is the growing public realisation that the new Covid vaccines — while representing a stunning scientific achievement — will not be the silver bullet they might have seemed in December, when the first trial results appeared.

Instead, governments and societies will have to learn how to manage a complex series of risks, both in the short term while only part of the population has been vaccinated, and in the long term as the disease lingers even after most people have received the jab.

Some scientists describe a long drawn-out battle with an endemic virus that constantly evolves — with new vaccines and treatments being deployed in a way that they hope will allow much but not all of normal life to return.

Few see total eradication as a possibility, in the way that smallpox was wiped off the face of the Earth 40 years ago, because the Sars-Cov-2 virus mutates far faster than smallpox, it often transmits when there are no signs of infection and it can replicate in other animals.

So societies will have to live with Covid for the indefinite future, hoping that better drugs will be developed to treat symptoms while vaccines keep pace with the ever-changing virus.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800981/world
COVID-19: Life won’t return to normal for at least 2 years, expert warns

Life worldwide will not return to normal for at least two to three years based on the rate of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, a health expert has told Sky News.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800981/world
COVID-19: Life won’t return to normal for at least 2 years, expert warns

Life worldwide will not return to normal for at least two to three years based on the rate of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, a health expert has told Sky News.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/what-s-safe-after-covid-19-vaccination-don-t-shed-masks-yet-cdc-says-1.5317221
What's safe after COVID-19 vaccination? Don't shed masks yet, CDC says

Don't expect to shed your mask and get back to normal activities right away. That's going to be a disappointment, if not a shock, to many people.

The vaccines are highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, especially severe illness and death -- but no one yet knows how well they block spread of the coronavirus.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/02/michigan-prisons-near-herd-immunity-but-coronavirus-variant-poses-new-threat.html
Michigan prisons near ‘herd immunity,’ but coronavirus variant poses new threat

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/israel-nightclubs-vaccines
Vaccinated Tel Aviv is a glimpse at the confusing future of going out

Hopes are high that a successful vaccination programme will enable a swift return to normal – but the situation in Tel Aviv hints a complicated future

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/threat-from-non-covid-infectious-diseases-looms
Threat From Non-COVID Infectious Diseases Looms

Reports of new outbreaks is not exactly what anyone wants to hear right now. We’re still struggling against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). From novel variants to challenges with vaccine distribution, we’re not out of the woods yet. Moreover, it’s very likely COVID-19 will be endemic as total elimination is exceedingly difficult.

Sadly, this doesn’t mean though, that other infectious diseases simply decide to close shop and take a day off.

Currently there are outbreaks of Ebola virus diseases. And a recent publication identified a novel orthoairovirus was identified in China when it was associated with a febrile illness in humans.

As we learn more about this and the cases, this serves as a good reminder that emerging infectious diseases aren’t going away and that continued investment in not only public health, but also health care biopreparedness is critical.

https://www.livescience.com/long-covid-19-most-common-symptoms.html
30% of people with COVID-19 experience symptoms up to 9 months later

Nearly one-third of people with COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms up to nine months after their diagnosis, even if they initially had a mild case, a small new study suggests.

Overall, 32.7% of patients with mild cases and 31.3% of hospitalized patients reported having at least one persistent symptom that lingered at least three months after diagnosis.

"What's clear is that you can do well initially, but then over time develop symptoms that are quite crippling in terms of fatigue," study senior author Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor of medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said in a statement.

The study is one of the longest follow-ups of people with COVID-19.

https://www.ft.com/content/f27fab49-0a63-467a-a740-0c94f7be54b3
Escaping lockdown: when will life return to normal?

Behind the debate over easing lockdown, there is the growing public realisation that the new Covid vaccines — while representing a stunning scientific achievement — will not be the silver bullet they might have seemed in December, when the first trial results appeared.

Instead, governments and societies will have to learn how to manage a complex series of risks, both in the short term while only part of the population has been vaccinated, and in the long term as the disease lingers even after most people have received the jab.

Some scientists describe a long drawn-out battle with an endemic virus that constantly evolves — with new vaccines and treatments being deployed in a way that they hope will allow much but not all of normal life to return.

Few see total eradication as a possibility, in the way that smallpox was wiped off the face of the Earth 40 years ago, because the Sars-Cov-2 virus mutates far faster than smallpox, it often transmits when there are no signs of infection and it can replicate in other animals.

So societies will have to live with Covid for the indefinite future, hoping that better drugs will be developed to treat symptoms while vaccines keep pace with the ever-changing virus.

https://www.ft.com/content/f27fab49-0a63-467a-a740-0c94f7be54b3
Escaping lockdown: when will life return to normal?

Behind the debate over easing lockdown, there is the growing public realisation that the new Covid vaccines — while representing a stunning scientific achievement — will not be the silver bullet they might have seemed in December, when the first trial results appeared.

Instead, governments and societies will have to learn how to manage a complex series of risks, both in the short term while only part of the population has been vaccinated, and in the long term as the disease lingers even after most people have received the jab.

Some scientists describe a long drawn-out battle with an endemic virus that constantly evolves — with new vaccines and treatments being deployed in a way that they hope will allow much but not all of normal life to return.

Few see total eradication as a possibility, in the way that smallpox was wiped off the face of the Earth 40 years ago, because the Sars-Cov-2 virus mutates far faster than smallpox, it often transmits when there are no signs of infection and it can replicate in other animals.

So societies will have to live with Covid for the indefinite future, hoping that better drugs will be developed to treat symptoms while vaccines keep pace with the ever-changing virus.

https://www.arabnews.com/node/1800981/world
COVID-19: Life won’t return to normal for at least 2 years, expert warns

Life worldwide will not return to normal for at least two to three years based on the rate of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts, a health expert has told Sky News.

https://www.livescience.com/long-covid-19-most-common-symptoms.html
30% of people with COVID-19 experience symptoms up to 9 months later

Nearly one-third of people with COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms up to nine months after their diagnosis, even if they initially had a mild case, a small new study suggests.

Overall, 32.7% of patients with mild cases and 31.3% of hospitalized patients reported having at least one persistent symptom that lingered at least three months after diagnosis.

"What's clear is that you can do well initially, but then over time develop symptoms that are quite crippling in terms of fatigue," study senior author Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor of medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said in a statement.

The study is one of the longest follow-ups of people with COVID-19.

https://www.livescience.com/long-covid-19-most-common-symptoms.html
30% of people with COVID-19 experience symptoms up to 9 months later

Nearly one-third of people with COVID-19 experience lingering symptoms up to nine months after their diagnosis, even if they initially had a mild case, a small new study suggests.

Overall, 32.7% of patients with mild cases and 31.3% of hospitalized patients reported having at least one persistent symptom that lingered at least three months after diagnosis.

"What's clear is that you can do well initially, but then over time develop symptoms that are quite crippling in terms of fatigue," study senior author Dr. Helen Chu, associate professor of medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said in a statement.

The study is one of the longest follow-ups of people with COVID-19.

https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/threat-from-non-covid-infectious-diseases-looms
Threat From Non-COVID Infectious Diseases Looms

Reports of new outbreaks is not exactly what anyone wants to hear right now. We’re still struggling against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). From novel variants to challenges with vaccine distribution, we’re not out of the woods yet. Moreover, it’s very likely COVID-19 will be endemic as total elimination is exceedingly difficult.

Sadly, this doesn’t mean though, that other infectious diseases simply decide to close shop and take a day off.

Currently there are outbreaks of Ebola virus diseases. And a recent publication identified a novel orthoairovirus was identified in China when it was associated with a febrile illness in humans.

As we learn more about this and the cases, this serves as a good reminder that emerging infectious diseases aren’t going away and that continued investment in not only public health, but also health care biopreparedness is critical.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pandemic-covid-coronavirus-vaccines-endemic-1.5919475
Yes, the pandemic will end — but COVID-19 isn't going away any time soon

Yes, this pandemic will end. But after having so many months to spread and evolve, this virus — and the illness it can cause — will likely be with us, to some degree, for years to come.

"We're not going to vaccinate our way to getting COVID off the face of the earth," warned Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease specialist and professor at McMaster University in Hamilton.

"You'll probably see this circulate again, as something that will drive people to hospital from time to time.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pandemic-covid-coronavirus-vaccines-endemic-1.5919475
Yes, the pandemic will end — but COVID-19 isn't going away any time soon

Yes, this pandemic will end. But after having so many months to spread and evolve, this virus — and the illness it can cause — will likely be with us, to some degree, for years to come.

"We're not going to vaccinate our way to getting COVID off the face of the earth," warned Dr. Zain Chagla, an infectious disease specialist and professor at McMaster University in Hamilton.

"You'll probably see this circulate again, as something that will drive people to hospital from time to time.”

https://www.israel21c.org/will-the-covid-vaccine-help-the-world-go-back-to-normal/
Will the Covid vaccine help the world go back to normal?

Israel leads the world in vaccinations per capita, so what has the country learned?

http://www.dailyjournal.net/2021/02/13/virus-outbreak-4/
Israel, a global leader in COVID vaccinations, finds limits

When it comes to fighting the coronavirus, Israel is discovering the limits of vaccines.

In an impressive feat, more than a third of Israelis have received at least one shot in mere weeks, and perhaps putting the country on track to inoculate nearly its entire adult population by the end of March.

Netanyahu on Thursday said that among people over 60, the first group vaccinated, serious cases of hospitalizations have dropped 26% and confirmed infections have fallen 45% over the past 16 days. “This is a direct result of the vaccinations,” he said. “The vaccines work.”

But other key indicators, including deaths and new infections, remain high. Israel has been reporting one of the highest rates in the developed world. Nearly 5,000 people have died, more than a quarter of them in January alone.

Even with these early signs of success, it’s increasingly clear that there will be no pandemic day-after, a celebratory moment when people are cleared to flood back to work, hold large family gatherings or resume the social lives they once knew.

Reopening will depend on many factors, including efforts to halt the spread of the highly contagious variants and whether the public takes the proper precautions. “Vaccinations are very important, but they are not going to solve all the problems.”

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-living-with-a-lingering-coronavirus-what-s-the-outlook-for-israel-s-economy-1.9519900
Experts Say COVID Vaccine Will Not Bring Israel Back to Normal Anytime Soon

This is the meaning and not what you are trying to distort unscrupulously.

Covid could become an illness like flu, says Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary - one that flares up in society at regular intervals, and that people have more than once.

People have covid more than once then of course the utilisation rate of PPEs will be greater

This is the meaning and not what you are trying to distort unscrupulously.

Covid could become an illness like flu, says Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary - one that flares up in society at regular intervals, and that people have more than once.

This is the meaning and not what you are trying to distort unscrupulously.

Covid could become an illness like flu, says Dr John Wright of Bradford Royal Infirmary - one that flares up in society at regular intervals, and that people have more than once.