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Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination?
What Can the USA Learn?
http://blog.eladgil.com/2021/01/israel-has-pulled-ahead-of-much-in.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rblxRf4UZ4zHN6Uemya0qTOOSCnA17oMeysq0YJ_gfM/edit?usp=sharing
What Can the USA Learn?
http://blog.eladgil.com/2021/01/israel-has-pulled-ahead-of-much-in.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rblxRf4UZ4zHN6Uemya0qTOOSCnA17oMeysq0YJ_gfM/edit?usp=sharing
At this point Israel has vaccinated 23% of its entire population for COVID
It expects to see the impact of the vaccine in 1-2 weeks
By March, they plan to have their entire population over age 16 vaccinated for COVID
Why has it been so successful?
It expects to see the impact of the vaccine in 1-2 weeks
By March, they plan to have their entire population over age 16 vaccinated for COVID
Why has it been so successful?
1. Simple criteria.
Do healthcare worker and long term care facilities.
Focus on the 20% of the population with 95% of the deaths.
This largely means focus on the elderly and a few comorbidities. Age matters most.
https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid
Do healthcare worker and long term care facilities.
Focus on the 20% of the population with 95% of the deaths.
This largely means focus on the elderly and a few comorbidities. Age matters most.
https://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covid
More on age dependence - vaccinate the people who matter
https://www.purdue.edu/president/messages/annual-open-letters/2101-med-openletter-full.php
https://www.purdue.edu/president/messages/annual-open-letters/2101-med-openletter-full.php
2. Don't quibble on "equity and fairness". Focus on saving lives, not politics.
This means you show up to a hospital and vaccinate everyone who works there. Don't worry about tiering systems etc
Remember - eventually everyone gets vaccinated
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/california-covid-vaccine-rollout-coronavirus
This means you show up to a hospital and vaccinate everyone who works there. Don't worry about tiering systems etc
Remember - eventually everyone gets vaccinated
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/13/california-covid-vaccine-rollout-coronavirus
3. Open as many vaccination endpoints as possible. Every clinic, every pharmacy, next to existing testing center pop ups etc.
Run many of them 24/7. It is a sprint, not a marathon.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/israels-covid-vaccine-rollout-is-the-fastest-in-the-world.html
Picture of Israeli vaccination mega-center:
Run many of them 24/7. It is a sprint, not a marathon.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/07/israels-covid-vaccine-rollout-is-the-fastest-in-the-world.html
Picture of Israeli vaccination mega-center:
The US vaccinates 50% of its entire population *every year* for flu.
We already have operational infrastructure to vaccinate at scale.
San Diego recently opened its own megacenter after deciding to move fast versus wait on state or feds
https://www.10news.com/news/coronavirus/vaccination-super-station-to-open-monday-in-downtown-sd
We already have operational infrastructure to vaccinate at scale.
San Diego recently opened its own megacenter after deciding to move fast versus wait on state or feds
https://www.10news.com/news/coronavirus/vaccination-super-station-to-open-monday-in-downtown-sd
