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Israel's Early Vaccine Data Offers Hope
(Jerusalem Post) Isabel Kershner - On Monday, the Israeli Health Ministry and the Maccabi HMO released new data on people who had received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The ministry found that out of 428,000 Israelis who had received their second doses, a week later only 63, or 0.014%, had contracted the virus. Similarly, the Maccabi data showed that more than a week after having received the second dose, only 20 out of roughly 128,600 people, 0.01%, had contracted the virus. (New York Times) Maccabi reported that out of the 20 people infected, 50% suffer from chronic illnesses. All patients experienced a mild illness. No one was hospitalized.