Against the backdrop of the opening of the education system that appears to be the next step out of quarantine, the expert cabinet advising the Ministry of Health today (Wednesday) recommended that only teachers and education workers vaccinated for Corona or recovering will return to frontal teaching in schools, while those who choose not to be vaccinated can continue to zoom. This proposal is intended to be included in the outline of returning to school, which is planned to be implemented in the coming days, at least in the lower grades in the green cities.
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The experts, including doctors and health care workers, explained that students come to schools out of a legal obligation, and their families have no choice whether to take the risk and send them to school. so, According to experts, teachers can be forced to get vaccinated, or put pressure on them if they refuse to do so. This reasoning distinguishes teaching staff from other professions working with audiences, such as sales clerks or police officers.
The discussion clarified that the goal presented yesterday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for a rapid vaccination of about 95% of those aged 50 and over, is not expected to prevent the threshold of hospital failure alone from being crossed. This is as long as the daily infection rates continue to be as high as they are today. The discussion also revealed that currently the closure no longer allows for a sharp reduction in infection rates and morbidity, due to a combination of the spread of the British strain, which is more contagious, and the population’s unresponsiveness to the closure.
It was also raised in the discussion that in the second phase, in two weeks, it will be recommended to open religious and cultural institutions. Each opening will be conditioned by a balance in morbidity and coefficient of infection. According to the hearing, the restaurants are expected to reopen in the third round. Beyond that, according to the cabinet of experts, a fourth and major wave of illness is expected during March. The Cabinet presented three options for dealing with the expected increase in morbidity: the bride (similar to the current situation), absorption and eradication to zero morbidity.
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Members of the Cabinet are Prof. Ran Blitzer (Chairman), Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, Prof. Arnon Afek, Prof. Nachman Ash, Prof. Itamar Grotto, Prof. Nadav Davidovich, Mr. Yoram Hamo, Dr. Boaz Lev, D. Rabbi Adi Niv Yagoda, Dr. Dorit Nitzan, Prof. Galia Rahav and Prof. Shuki Shemer.