Modern Israel celebrates its 73rd birthday this week. Let me put my cards on the table: I’m not dispassionate when.
One reason for this phenomenon is that the median age of those afflicted with the virus has dramatically decreased since the start of the pandemic. Another is the fact that some two months ago, thanks to a statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the uncertain safety of vaccines for pregnant women, Israeli authorities initially recommended against it.
Though the Health Ministry quickly reversed this position, insisting that the virus poses a far greater risk to mother and baby than the vaccine, many still remain unwilling to subject themselves to what they consider “untested” toxins being injected into their bodies.
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By Aryeh Stern
YERUSHALAYIM -
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 3:48 am | י אדר תשפ א
Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center on February 1. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Mrs. Osnat Ben Shitrit,
a”h, a 32-year-old expectant mother, died of COVID-19 after receiving treatment at the Hadassah Medical Center in Yerushalayim, the hospital reported Sunday morning.
“My daughter was plucked from us in her 30s with four children,” her mother Mrs. Roni Sianni, told Channel 13.
Mrs. Ben Shitrit, from Har Shmuel, was admitted to the hospital last Tuesday when she began experiencing respiratory distress. Her condition quickly deteriorated until she suffered from multisystem organ failure.
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