What emerged from the webinar “The example of Israel in the vaccination plan” organized by the association Rebuilding by Stefano Parisi with the ambassador of Israel in Italy , Dror Eydar
The state of Israel is the most advanced in the vaccination of its population . Data as of February 16, 2021 speak of 6,281,910 Israelis who received at least one dose of the vaccine , 72.58% , and 2,457,430 Israelis were vaccinated with both doses of the vaccine. Percentages that make Israelunique in the world. After all, the Israeli Ministry of Health has for some time already signed an agreement with Pfizer for which the country has been transformed into the largest laboratory in the world on the anti Covid-19 vaccine, a global state model that is worth gold for homes. pharmaceuticals.
The Rebuilding association, which presented a strategic plan to overcome the Covid 19 emergency and relaunch the economy, organized a round table on streaming with the Israeli ambassador in Italy , Dror Eydar , Arnon Shahar , head of anti-Covid task force of Maccabi Healthcare Services , and the president of Ricostruire , Stefano Parisi .Israel’s strategy
Being a small democracy, surrounded by unfriendly authoritarian regimes, must be a constant stimulus for conservation. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Israel is working to be the first country in the world to bring its people out of the nightmare of Covid-19. “We have an ancient rule, present in the Talmud, and in other sources of our traditions, which says that all the children of Israel are guarantors of each other ,” said Ambassador Dror Eydar . Israel is perhaps the land that better than any other manages to combine a strong anchoring to its traditions with a look towards the future and innovation. “Prime Minister Netanyau yesterdayannounced that he had had an interview with Moderna to create a plant for the production of vaccines in Israel – added the Israeli ambassador -. Another interview he had with Pfizer to create a research and development center in Israel. These agreements are part of the arrangements for the next few years, those in which we will have to continue to keep the virus under control until the epidemic is completely extinguished “. Health insurance funds and the digitalisation of healthcare
Israel has a widespread network of health care providers, the health insurance companies, spread across every neighborhood of Israeli cities. These health facilities have proved to be fundamental in the fight against the epidemic and in the administration of treatments and vaccines. Another Israeli excellence is the digitalization of the health system. “We have also proposed these systems in Italy – adds Ambassador Eydar – so it is easy to summon citizens to have them vaccinated as well as to follow them for the recall”. The collection of health data is facilitated by the pervasiveness of the digitization of the Israeli health system. “The data that is collected, I want to say, is absolutely anonymous and is not secret. They are collected for the good of all humanity – underlines the diplomat -. Up until yesterday, more than 6 million doses of the vaccine had been administered in Israel, and more than 2 million people also had the second dose. These are huge numbers in proportion to the population ”. The slowness of Europe compared to the speed of Israel
Strides very much the speed of execution of Israel, which has a very specific project behind it, with the uncertainties, slownesses and delays that have occurred and still occur in Europe. “There will certainly be reasons why Europe is still behind but I wonder, if it were a context of conventional warfare, Europe would have accepted not to have weapons
– ambassador Eydar asked ironically –Pfizer and Moderna do not have the means to produce vaccines for everyone , the European states should have asked the pharmaceutical companies for the formula for the vaccine, pay it even more than the market price and vaccinate everyone, even non-European people ”. It is not doctors in Israel
who vaccinate Israel’s vaccination campaign is not conducted by doctors but by nurses and paramedics. The reason
is too tiring. This was said by doctor Arnon Shahar, head of the anti-Covid task force of Maccabi Healthcare Services. “Doctors have to be doctors, there are no doctors to vaccinate because it is a tiring job for younger people– Shahar pointed out -. In the past there have been errors due to fatigue and they must not be repeated. Vaccines are injected by nurses and paramedics ”. Vaccinations proceed from the center to the periphery, in the sense that the dose management is centralized and this too is managed digitally, if a vaccination site has not finished its supply of doses it is not supplied with new vials. Resistance to vaccination
The Israeli vaccination campaign started with health workers and the over 60s. “We did not include chronic diseases in the first phase, but only the immunosuppressed, flaws they did not want to put pressure on general practitioners, leaving them the burden of deciding whether a patient was chronic or not – added Shahar -. We have organized everything very precisely. We also have a call center that calls citizens to be vaccinated and that answers citizens’ questions “. A few more problems have arisen with the ultra-Orthodox populations, ” They don’t use smartphones, we have to send them voice messages“. The greatest resistance to vaccination comes from pregnant women, no vax, parents of no vax, and young children who are more afraid of the vaccine than Covid. In any case, at the moment 87% of those over 60 are vaccinated , between 70 and 79 we are at 97%. And the first effects are already visible: “Among the over 70s we are already starting to see the decline of the disease in a severe form”, specifies Dr. Shahar. The vaccination license
What in Italy seemed a provocation in Israel is a reality: the vaccination license. “We expect the duration of the vaccine to be six months, which is why vaccinated people are given a license that is valid for six months– concludes Shahar -. The green license is divided in two, on a first side there is a vaccination document in which it is indicated if the person has received both doses of the vaccine, in the second part it will be written if the swab has been made in the previous 72 hours , if he contracted the disease and how “. Through the license it will be possible to enter cinemas, theaters, gyms, restaurants, and participate in public events.
