Quote Originally Posted by Midnight1:
@BigGame90 Israel has done better than most countries. They took the pandemic seriously & rebounded better than many countries. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 15.4% in the April-June period from the prior three months, bouncing back from a weak first quarter with big gains in exports, consumer spending and investments.
Israel has about the same population as the state of Virginia.
Virginia total cases 922k Deaths 13,800
Israel total cases 1.33M Deaths 8,000
Remember, US hospitals get extra funding for covid patients. I don't know if this is also true for Israel. US hospitals have been shown to mark patients THAT DO NOT TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID AS COVID POSITIVE (most likely) BECAUSE OF EXTRA FUNDING THEY RECEIVE. Extra funding coming from you, the tax payers pockets to keep this shit going. Which means the numbers are skewed and are lies because of the money. Follow the money.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/nearly-60-of-hospitalized-covid-19-patients-in-israel-fully-vaccinated-study-finds.html
Of 514 patients in Israel hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Aug. 15, 59 percent were fully vaccinated, according to an Aug. 16 article from Science that cited national data tracked by Israel's largest health management organization. The figures suggest breakthrough infections may be more common than the term implies, the report suggests.
The country has one of the world's highest COVID-19 vaccination levels, with about 78 percent of those ages 12 and older fully vaccinated, mostly with the Pfizer vaccine. At the same time, Israel now has one of the highest infection rates in the world, potentially a sign of waning vaccine immunity as the highly contagious delta variant spreads, Science reports
Most of the vaccinated patients who were hospitalized, about 87 percent, were at least 60 years old.
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-s-public-hospitals-say-they-won-t-take-in-more-covid-patients-1.10141209
Israel's public hospitals will start refusing to take in new coronavirus patients as of Monday, their directors said on Sunday, citing budget constraints and a lack of personnel.
"Bureaucracy, excuses, committees – we can't take in coronavirus patients anymore. This isn't a strike – we just can't do it," said Laniado director general Nadav Chen. The hospital doesn't have money to pay suppliers and lacks staff because "promises weren't followed through," he said. "The hospitals need to be managed day by day, hour by hour. There are a lot of crises. This is what's going on – it's embarrassing."
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