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Israel turns to carrots, and maybe some sticks, to persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts


Israel turns to carrots, and maybe some sticks, to persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts
Dina Kraft
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Israelis receive COVID-19 shots at a vaccination center set up in a shopping mall parking lot in Givataim. (Oded Balilty / Associated Press)
Amid pulsating techno music and the clinking of cocktail glasses, a young woman with long, dark curls sat outside a Tel Aviv bar summoning the courage to overcome her phobia of needles to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Hila Baron, 29, flanked by a close friend on one side and a paramedic on the other, both patiently murmuring words of encouragement, finally acceded. Her first injection was complete. ....

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Israel tries to persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts


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To help make that happen, controversial new legislation was passed Wednesday that permits the health ministry to provide municipalities with the names, addresses and contact information of residents who have not been vaccinated. The law allows
city workers to use the information to contact those people and try to convince them to do so. The measure also grants the education and welfare ministries access to that information.
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Haim Katz, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, said in parliament that the law was justified given the stakes. “I’ve been asked, ‘What about people’s privacy?’” Katz said. “Is privacy more important than life itself?” ....

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