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Small country, dealing in constant alerts and situations and they get it done. Instead of dragging feet, keeping life closed and hoping for the best.
Maybe the world can learn from them as we were unable to learn from Taiwans handling of the Wuhan Virus (thanks to China and their control of W.H.O)
very day, the online research publication Our World In Data releases information about vaccine doses being administered across the globe. And every day, one country emerges as a world leader: Israel.
For example, when the University of Oxford-based organization released its Jan. 1 data, the total number of vaccination doses administered per 100 people for Canada was 0.26. For the U.S., it was 0.84. The United Kingdom: 1.47. And for Israel it was 11.55, 44 times more than Canada.
But Israel, with a population of nine million, was also tied for third in the world in total number of doses (1 million), behind China (4.5 million) and the U.S. (2.79 million). Canada's dose count totalled just under 100,000.
As Max Roser, founder and director of Our World In Data tweeted on Friday: "the country is rapidly getting to a point where mass deaths and mass lockdowns are over."
The reasons for Israel's success are multifaceted, and there may be lessons that Canada can learn.
'Should be commended for it'
"I think it's remarkable watching how organized Israel is in terms of getting access to a tremendous amount of vaccines and mobilizing vaccine rollout in a very expedited manner," said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases physician and member of the Ontario government's vaccine distribution task force.
"And they should be commended for it."
Maybe the world can learn from them as we were unable to learn from Taiwans handling of the Wuhan Virus (thanks to China and their control of W.H.O)
very day, the online research publication Our World In Data releases information about vaccine doses being administered across the globe. And every day, one country emerges as a world leader: Israel.
For example, when the University of Oxford-based organization released its Jan. 1 data, the total number of vaccination doses administered per 100 people for Canada was 0.26. For the U.S., it was 0.84. The United Kingdom: 1.47. And for Israel it was 11.55, 44 times more than Canada.
But Israel, with a population of nine million, was also tied for third in the world in total number of doses (1 million), behind China (4.5 million) and the U.S. (2.79 million). Canada's dose count totalled just under 100,000.
As Max Roser, founder and director of Our World In Data tweeted on Friday: "the country is rapidly getting to a point where mass deaths and mass lockdowns are over."
The reasons for Israel's success are multifaceted, and there may be lessons that Canada can learn.
'Should be commended for it'
"I think it's remarkable watching how organized Israel is in terms of getting access to a tremendous amount of vaccines and mobilizing vaccine rollout in a very expedited manner," said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases physician and member of the Ontario government's vaccine distribution task force.
"And they should be commended for it."
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