Israeli Vaccine Chief: “We have made mistakes” – Interview with Professor Cyrille Cohen, head of Immunology at Bar Ilan University | UnHerd | Jan 18, 2022 (Video)
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Listen to the podcast version: https://play.acast.com/s/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/61e6db7bdc4a120013f86820
Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/thepost/israeli-vaccine-chief-we-have-made-mistakes/
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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04:03 – Was Professor Cyrille Cohen surprised to learn that the vaccines are less effective at preventing transmission than hoped?
16:50 – What would Cyrille do differently if he was advising the Israeli government on a future pandemic?
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