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Apr. 16, 2021 6:00 AM
The calculations published this week by Prof. Eran Segal of the Weizmann Institute based on Health Ministry data are nothing short of amazing. Since the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in Israel in mid-January, the daily number of patients diagnosed with the virus has declined by 98 percent and the number of serious COVID-19 patients has dropped by 93 percent. In addition, 87 percent fewer Israelis are dying of the disease, and 85 percent of those 16 or older have been vaccinated.
The rapid decline in rates of infection and mortality have exceeded most predictions. Some scientists are already openly saying that Israel has reached the level at which herd immunity is thought to be achieved. Another possible explanation could be that many more children – three or four times more – have been infected with the coronavirus over the past year than were actually diagnosed with the disease. That would c