As countries compete to get vaccines in the arms of their people, one country dominates the rest of the field: Israel.
According to data collected by Our World in Data, Israel has administered the COVID vaccine at a per capita rate of almost 25 per 100 people. This equates to just over 23% of the population having received at least one dose of vaccine.
Leading the world
Americans have been horrified at how many state governments have mismanaged the administration of the COVID vaccine. The highlight is that New York, thanks to the disastrous deployment plan of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, forced health care institutions to release expired doses.
Although only 3% of the U.S. population has received the vaccine, not all states have been a disaster, as West Virginia, South Dakota, and North Dakota have led the way with per capita vaccination rates for above average.
But Israel has somehow avoided these disasters and made even the most successful states in the U.S. look like failures in comparison.
And they leave the rest of the world in the dust.
In less than a month, the country has vaccinated about a quarter of its population. He has been handing out shots to about 150,000 people every day, Vox reported, and while the nation created a list of priorities, it was a practice from the start to make sure doses were 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 made a deal with Pfizer.
From Vox:
In recent weeks, the country has shot at about 150,000 people a day. The priority was for people over 60 and health workers; however, in an attempt to avoid wasting shots that could spoil, other Israelis received the vaccine if they knew the right clinic or were in the right place at the right time.
Israel’s rapid campaign worked almost too well: the country soon began to run out of doses, threatening to slow the pace of new vaccinations. Israel also pledged to reserve a second dose for everyone who received the first. Follow-up appointments are scheduled 21 days after the first time, often until the exact day, sometimes on time.
But on January 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country had reached an agreement with Pfizer to deliver more vaccines, with the aim of inoculating all citizens over the age of 16 by the end of March. . With more than 70 percent of people over 60 vaccinated, Netanyahu said Sunday that the campaign would soon be expanded to include all people 50 and older and will strive for 170,000 inoculations each day.
Israel reached an agreement with Pfizer by agreeing to share with the company and the World Health Organization the age, gender and medical history of all vaccine recipients, as well as the proper functioning of vaccinations and their vaccines. side effects, Politico reported.
So how is the rest of the world doing? Well, not fantastic.
The second place, with a rate per 100 of 15.45, is in the United Arab Emirates. The third is Bahrain with 6.44. And it only gets worse from there.
And there is still a lot of work to be done as a percentage of the population for all nations, even for Israel.
(H / T: HotAir)