As countries struggle to get vaccinations in the arms of their people, one country dominates the rest of the world: Israel.
According to data collected by Our World in Data, Israel administered the COVID vaccine at a per capita rate of nearly 25 per 100 people. This equates to just over 23% of the population who have received at least one dose of vaccine.
Leading the world
The Americans watched in horror as many state governments mismanaged the administration of the COVID vaccine. In particular, New York, thanks to the disastrous launch plan of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has seen health care institutions forced to drop expired doses.
Although only about 3% of the US population received the vaccine, not every state was a disaster, as West Virginia, South Dakota and North Dakota led the way with above-average vaccination rates per capita.
But Israel has somehow avoided such disasters and makes even the most successful states in the United States look like failures by comparison.
And leave the rest of the world in the dust.
In less than a month, the country has vaccinated almost a quarter of its population. Vox reported nearly 150,000 people each day, and although the nation created a list of priorities, it has become a practice from the beginning to ensure that doses are not wasted. In fact, the nation was so successful that the concern was to run out of doses, but the administration of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached an agreement with Pfizer.
From the Vox:
In recent weeks, the country has delivered shots to about 150,000 people a day. Priority was given to people over 60 and health workers; however, in an attempt to avoid scattering any fires that could be damaged, other Israelis received the vaccine if they happened to know the right clinic or happened to be in the right place at the right time.
Israel’s swift campaign worked almost too well: the country soon began to drop in doses, threatening to slow the pace of new vaccinations. Israel has also pledged to reserve a second dose for all those who received the first. Subsequent appointments are scheduled for 21 days after the first shot, often until the exact day, sometimes by the hour.
But on January 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country had reached an agreement with Pfizer to deliver more vaccines in order to inoculate all citizens over the age of 16 by the end of March. With more than 70 percent of people over the age of 60 already vaccinated, Netanyahu said Sunday that the campaign will soon expand to include all people over the age of 50 and work for 170,000 vaccinations each day.
Israel has obtained the agreement of Pfizer, agreeing to share with the company and the World Health Organization the age, sex and medical history of all people receiving the vaccination, as well as how well the vaccinations work and any side effects, Politico reported.
So how’s the rest of the world going? Well, not great.
In second place, with a rate of 100 of 15.45, is the United Arab Emirates. The third is Bahrain at 6.44. And from there it gets worse.
And there is still much work to be done as a percentage of the population for each nation – even for Israel.
(H / T: HotAir)