Covid-19 infection and mortality rates in Israel – the world most vaccinated – are roughly in line with the order in which different age groups were eligible to take their shots, according to a study showing the impact of the campaign has.
Although all Israelis have endured a nationwide exclusion and rules on social distance, the age levels seen in the study suggest that vaccines play an important role in the impact of the pandemic. About 55% of Israelis have now been vaccinated, giving them a unique position among researchers as governments worldwide look for signs that their vaccine campaigns are working.
In the U.S., with about 32% of people being fully immunized, early data suggests that similar trends can be seen, as states are eligible for those as young as 16, who meet a Biden administration. deadline. As of April 17, there were an average of 67,442 new cases in the U.S., roughly according to federal data, about a quarter of the highest 7-day average reached in January.
People are standing outside a mass vaccination center in Tel Aviv on January 4.
Photographer: Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg
The Israeli exposition shows ‘the reality of a national vaccination campaign’, researchers led by Hagai Rossman of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehoboth, Israel, closed. “Although our findings are preliminary, it has major health implications for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.”
Covid hospitalizations and serious cases in Israel have also fallen the most among people over 60, the first group eligible to take the vaccinations in Israel, according to a study published in the journal Monday Physical Medicine. Decline was then seen among those 50 to 59 when they were eligible, and eventually in younger age groups who later received shots.
Demographic shift
Elderly people are a shrinking part of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the USA
Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Israel began vaccinating Covid vaccines earlier this year, simply because a nationwide increase in cases has led the government to introduce a nationwide exclusion.
In the US, the Biden administration administered 28 million doses per week for two consecutive weeks, enough to give 4 million Americans a day. But vaccinations in the U.S. looked at 3.2 million doses a day, after a pause in the use of J&J shots last week over safety issues.
It is not yet clear whether the current trend is a ceiling of the vaccination rate, or a short pause in the rise of daily vaccinations like a number that has happened before. U.S. states have opened vaccination agreements for anyone 16 years and older, which could help raise the rate. At the same time, there are signs of surplus in some parts of the country.
– With the help of Drew Armstrong and Nic Querolo
(Updates featuring the latest U.S. vaccination numbers in the third paragraph)