Right-wing Activist Arnon Segal Prompted Heated Discourse on Social Media With the Condition That His Kidney Donation Will Only Go to a Jewish Recipient. The News Drew Controversy – but Hundreds of Jewish Israelis Have Donated the Same Way Through a Legal Bypass
Jan. 25, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has created much public discussion on issues that would normally only interest the scientific community, such as the infection coefficient or herd immunity.
In light of the data-sharing agreement between Israel’s Health Ministry and Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine, considerable attention has been paid in recent days to the matter of research using medical data, a substantial chunk of which is conducted in Israel by designated institutes belonging to the health maintenance organizations. There have also been questions asked about existing protections to safeguard the privacy of the public whose personal information is being used for the vaccine research.