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amother

Lightpink

Sun, Jun 20 2021, 5:32 pm

amother [ Caramel ] wrote:

Nope. Because those are very easily faked and antibody testing varies by lab.

And is this the case also for an Israeli citizen?
What would be the case for kids of Israeli citizens who are born outside Israel?

amother

DarkPurple

Sun, Jun 20 2021, 11:50 pm

amother [ Caramel ] wrote:

That wasn't my question. You claimed that no one has had flu, covid is the new flu.

I'm asking how you all know that no one has had flu. How are you differentiating between the two?

The doctors in my neighborhood said they tested many kids for flu but none came back positive

amother

Caramel

Mon, Jun 21 2021, 2:15 am

amother [ Lightpink ] wrote:

And is this the case also for an Israeli citizen?
What would be the case for kids of Israeli citizens who are born outside Israel?

It's the case for anyone who was not vaccinated or recovered in Israel. If the Health Ministry has on record that you were diagnosed with coronavirus and then recovered, or that you were vaccinated, then they rely on that.

If your proof of immunity is from another country, then we don't rely on that. If you can show a vaccine certificate and then pass a serology test, we'll trust that you really were vaccinated and let you out of quarantine.

But it's too risky to rely on claims that someone had corona abroad and recovered abroad. So we don't do that.

amother

Papaya

Mon, Jun 21 2021, 9:23 am

amother [ Aubergine ] wrote:

The strains from India and South America are proving to be somewhat vaccine resistant, and both strains are about 10x more contagious. Not only that, but people become seriously ill much quicker than with the original Covid, so things can go from "I don't feel too good" to calling Hatzolah in a matter of just a few days.

The Israeli woman who went to Dubai (WHY???), brought back the Indian strain, and over 40 people have been exposed. The Israeli government is scrambling to keep it contained, and to enforce quarantine at all costs.

Once we open our borders to anyone and everyone, we won't stand a chance.

Actually, the Indian strain is "only" about 2.5 times more contagious and there is currently no evidence that it causes more serious illness and hospitalizations. It is certainly better to avoid having it become endemic in your country but you don't help your case by exaggerating.

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