Yesterday, Israel decided to scrap limits on the percentage of the workforce that could be in the office. Instead, each company will be in charge of appointing a person in charge of ensuring the employees maintain masks and two meters’ distance (where possible), and that 50 person meetings don’t occur unless absolutely necessary. This is […]
Covid roundup 19 August
Just a few bits of virus-related news that didn’t merit their own post: The Health Ministry today reported 53 additional virus deaths that took place over July and August in care homes. They had not been included in the reporting until now. This brings the number of deaths from Covid-19 since 1 July to 451. […]
Govt continues reopenings while warning of infection spike
The Gamzu Plan to lower community infection is supposed to go to the Cabinet on Thursday. In the meantime, though, the government has been removing restrictions:
The real reason Israel isn’t reopening the skies
Israel was one of the first countries to impose a global 14-day entry quarantine in March. At the time, the quarantine seemed too broad because the virus was only widespread in a few countries, but it emerged that US Vice President Mike Pence, who was then heading up the Federal Coronavirus Taskforce, had urged Benjamin […]
What this blog is about
I’m not a doctor. I’m not an epidemiologist, virologist, disease specialist, statistical modeller or sociologist. What I am, I guess, is a professional generalist. I take complicated issues, digest them, and break them down into simpler parts for other people, whether policymakers or the general public. Sometimes I explain or predict how one issue can […]