Israeli Vaccine Chief: “We Have Made Mistakes”

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  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:
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  – 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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