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As Israel Reopens, âWhoever Does Not Get Vaccinated Will Be Left Behindâ
New government and business initiatives are moving in the direction of a two-tier system for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, raising legal, moral and ethical questions.
Nearly half of Israelâs population has received at least one dose of Pfizerâs Covid-19 vaccine.Credit.Oded Balilty/Associated Press
Published Feb. 18, 2021Updated Feb. 23, 2021
BAT YAM, Israel â Israel has raced ahead with the fastest Covid vaccination campaign in the world, inoculating nearly half its population with at least one dose. Now, the rapid rollout is turning the country into a live laboratory for setting the rules in a vaccinated society â raising thorny questions about rights, obligations and the greater good.
People enjoy a park in Ashdod on February 14, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
1. In a prickle: As Israel’s coronavirus vaccination drive crawls toward the milestone of 4 million people jabbed, the media conversation has increasingly turned to those who are not lining up to get a shot and what to do with them.
One idea mentioned in several press reports as being pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be legislation to allow local governments to get the names of people who are not getting vaccinated.
Haaretz accuses Netanyahu of trying to “ram through” the legislation, and cautions against it. “It’s not even clear whether the proposal will end with giving local governments the names or whether these governments will follow up by trying to get people to change their minds. Bulls shouldn’t be brought into china shops, and that’s exactly what Netanyahu’s proposal to the cabinet does. Haste is from the devil, so legislation that needs to be intelligent and eff