According to a study showing the impact of the campaign, infection and mortality rates for covid-19 in Israel, the world’s most vaccinated country, fall roughly in line with the order in which various age groups obtained the eligibility to receive their shots.
Although all Israelis suffered a nationwide blockade and rules on social distancing, the age-related declines observed in the study suggest that vaccines are playing an important role in extinguishing impact of the pandemic. Now, about 55% of Israelis are vaccinated, which gives it a unique position among researchers as governments around the world look for signs of their vaccination campaigns.
In the United States, with approximately 32% of people fully immunized, early data suggest that similar trends may be seen as states extend eligibility to those as young as 16, meeting with a Biden administration. limit date. As of April 17, there were an average of 67,442 new cases in the U.S., about a quarter of the maximum 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-life effectiveness of a national vaccination campaign,” according to researchers led by Hagai Rossman He concluded the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehoboth, Israel. “While our findings are preliminary, they have important public health implications for the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.”
According to a study published Monday in the journal, coveted hospitalizations and serious cases in Israel also fell on most people over the age of 60, the first group to choose to take vaccines in Israel. Nature medicine. Decreases between 50 and 59 years were then observed as they became eligible, and finally in younger age groups who received shots later.
Demographic change
The elderly account for a declining share of Covid-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.
Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Israel began deploying Covid vaccines earlier this year just as an increase in cases across the country led the government to introduce a national closure.
In the U.S., the Biden administration has allocated 28 million doses a week for two weeks in a row, enough to shoot 4 million Americans a day. But vaccinations in the U.S. have risen to 3.2 million doses a day, following a pause in the use of J&J shots last week for safety reasons.
It is still unclear whether the current trend represents a ceiling on the vaccination rate or a brief pause in the increase in daily vaccinations, like some that have happened before. U.S. states have opened vaccine appointments for everyone 16 years of age or older, which could help raise the rate. At the same time, there are signs of a surplus in some parts of the country.
– With the assistance of Drew Armstrong and Nic Querolo
(Updates to the latest U.S. vaccination numbers in the third paragraph)