Israel is in the midst of another infection wave and is galloping towards an imminent national lockdown, yet some Israelis continue to refuse to get vaccinated.
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We do not trust the system, they say. The vaccine was approved way too quickly. A healthy body is not going to catch COVID anyway. I will know how to recover on my own if I get it. I am naturally vaccinated.
To all those Israelis who still think so, I say, good for you! Kudos for standing your ground. I have no problem accepting an opinion that is different than mine as long as it does not endanger me and my loved ones.
Wait a second. In this case, they are!
It has long been proven that the vaccine effectively prevents the transfer of the virus and severe illness. I wish vaccine refusers would keep their distance from us and would even somehow stand out in the crowd, so we would know to keep our distance from them, because it has also been proven that non-vaccinated individuals are seven times more likely to get infected than vaccinated ones.
I have no intention of forcing people "to inject their bodies with unreliable substances," which, by the way, sounds ridiculous considering how much harm people expose their bodies to willingly. Vaccines are not questionable. They conform to the highest of medical criteria.
And yet, instead of believing legitimate research and health experts, vaccine refusers turn to "alternative," and often ludicrous "health recommendations."
In Congo, "experts" recommended those infected with COVID to drink their urine, while in Madagascar, they told them to drink certain plant extracts. There were also suggestions of boiling the bark of a mango tree, papaya leaves, ginger and other ingredients "guaranteed to cure the coronavirus." In Israel, the recommendation was to use frankincense.
And while some nations have limited access to vaccines, for Israel, there is no excuse.
Over the weekend, two Israeli doctors shared on social media the conflict they experienced having to treat patients who chose not to get vaccinated for COVID and got infected.
And I get them.
Do vaccine refusers think that the health system is unreliable? Then let them go all the way!
When you, unvaccinated Israeli, get COVID, please do not go to your nearby hospital. Stand by your beliefs. Turn to the abovementioned "remedies."
It is mindboggling how vaccine refusers can abandon their beliefs as soon as they are in need of an ambulance.
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