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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsrael versus Sweden
So the MSM routinely points to Israel as the model country for managing the pandemic.
Sweden was the "naughty" country who touted herd immunity and held out resisting shutdowns the longest.
They have a similar population size, and similar case counts (with Israel actually having 100,000 more).
So what's up with that?
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Israel versus Sweden (Original Post)
Shermann
Feb 2021
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,692 posts)1. Israel managed it better?
Shermann
(7,413 posts)3. They are at least managing the vaccine rollout quite well
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)6. Israel's doing a great job vaccinating her people, unless ...
... unless you live in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, in which case, you're on your own.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)2. Israel *was* effective.
So effective, they dropped their restrictions too early, and let in chaos. Anyone who touts Israel's handling of Covid over Sweden's is living in the past.
-- Mal
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)4. Seems like there is a case to be made both were suboptimal responses.
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)5. Definitely.
My point was, people who tout Israel's response are behind the times.
-- Mal