Responding to calls for transparency, Israel publishes vaccine contract of data-sharing deal with Pfizer
Israel’s Ministry of Health published on Sunday a redacted copy of a contract it signed with drugmaker Pfizer for the exchange of public medical data in return for the swift supply of Covid-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had people guessing and concerned over the potential for privacy violations from the exchange after first announcing it earlier this month, but according to what can be seen of the document, it seems set to include only data that’s publicly available. So far more than two million Israelis, making up more than 22% of the total population, have receive...