Bockup: It's possible now that during those summer months, we built up higher levels of immunity than some of our european neighbours. Do you think that is feasible? And if so, should governments include natural immunity or herd immunity, as part of an overall strategy? I understand what you're saying, but the question is always worth what is the price that you paid? You know? What is theprice that was paid? Er in i ind uk.
In a wide-ranging and forthright interview with Freddie Sayers, Professor Cyrille Cohen, head of Immunology at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for vaccines for the Israeli Government said:
- The Green Pass / vaccine passport concept was no longer relevant in the Omicron era and should be phased out (he expected it to be in short order in Israel)
- He and his colleagues were surprised and disappointed that the vaccines did not prevent transmission, as they had originally hoped
- The biggest mistake of the pandemic in Israel was closing schools and education – he apologised for that
- Widespread infection is now an inevitable part of future immunity — otherwise known as herd immunity
- Omicron has accelerated the pandemic into the endemic phase, in which Covid will be “like flu”
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