*Israel Herd Immunity* You all know Israel became the first country to inoculate its entire adult population over age 18. As a result, all schools and colleges were opened and mask requirements were removed all across the country (barring a few congested public places). They are now going to be giving everyone their 3rd Pfizer booster shots..(when we can’t even get enough of this vaccine that we NEED).
*Here's how they did it:* *Israel's leaders are all well educated *and many of them have advanced degrees in science and medicine. Their PM graduated at the top of his class at MIT and started (but didn't finish) a Ph.D. at Harvard. They realized at the onset of the pandemic last year that the only way to beat a virus was through herd immunity, and that vaccination was the key to expediting this process. They immediately zeroed in on the two companies that were ahead of the pack in vaccine development--Pfizer and Moderna. The Israeli PM immediately developed a personal friendship with the CEOs of these companies (using his Harvard and MIT connections). Of course we know the CEO of Pfizer is of Jewish stock & wanted to help Israel too. As soon as Pfizer announced successful Phase 3 trials *Israel made a deal with Pfizer to pick up their first 8 million doses for twice the price ($30 per dose) of what Pfizer was eventually aiming to sell the vaccine.* Israel also agreed to provide Pfizer with data on the efficacy of the vaccine on its population. By November 2020, Israel had already acquired the vaccines it required to immunize its people. The Israeli PM was asked two weeks ago why they agreed to pay $15 per dose extra, and his response was classic 2nd order thinking he said that, just in pure economic numbers, the total amount they overpaid was a minuscule fraction of what it costs to lock down the country This is not counting the extra medical costs of Covid and the incalculable price of losing a loved one. The economic loss from just three days of lockdown was more than the overpayment for all the vaccines they bought. *This is how smart people think.* -- With best wishes S Chander -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAE5xeN-RB%3DhQcERzUmAvV7eW_CvCb63NSAq1i0gFyKySunj1Yg%40mail.gmail.com.
