According to a study showing the impact of the campaign, the rates of Covid-19 infection and mortality in Israel – the most vaccinated country in the world – fall roughly according to the order in which different age groups obtained eligibility to get the shots.
While all Israelis have endured a nationwide deadlock and rules on social distancing, the age-related decline observed in the study suggests that vaccines play a major role in mitigating the impact of the pandemic. About 55% of Israelis are now vaccinated, giving them a unique position among researchers as governments worldwide look for signs that their vaccination campaigns are working.
In the US, with about 32% of people fully immunized, early data suggest that similar trends may be seen as states extend eligibility to those under 16, meeting a Biden administration. Deadline. As of April 17, there were an average of 67,442 new cases in the United States, about a quarter of the peak 7-day average reached in January, according to federal data.
People line up outside a mass vaccination center in Tel Aviv on January 4th.
Photographer: Kobi Wolf / Bloomberg
The Israeli breakdown shows the “real effectiveness of a national vaccination campaign”, researchers led by Hagai Rossman from The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehoboth, Israel, concluded. Although our findings are preliminary, they have major public health implications for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid hospitalizations and serious cases in Israel have also fallen the most among people over the age of 60, the first group to be eligible to receive vaccines in Israel, according to a study published Monday in the journal. Nature medicine. The declines were then observed among those aged between 50 and 59, as they became eligible and eventually in younger age groups who were later shot.
Demographic change
The elderly account for a declining share of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States
Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Israel began launching Covid vaccines earlier this year, just as a nationwide increase in cases has led the government to institute a nationwide blockade.
In the US, the Biden administration has allocated 28 million doses a week for two weeks in a row, enough to fire 4 million Americans a day. But vaccinations in the United States amounted to 3.2 million doses a day, after a break in the use of J&J photos last week due to safety concerns.
It is not yet clear whether the current trend is a cap on the vaccination rate or a short break in the increase in daily vaccinations, such as several that have taken place previously. US states have opened vaccination schedules for everyone aged 16 and over, which could help increase the rate. At the same time, there are signs of surplus accumulation in some parts of the country.
– With the assistance of Drew Armstrong and Nic Querolo
(Updates to the latest US vaccination numbers in the third paragraph)