Panic over fourth COVID wave in Israel is needless – and could be damaging
Get email notification for articles from Amos Harel Follow Jun. 27, 2021 6:01 AM The COVID panic being spread by the fearmongers in the media and the Health Ministry seems exaggerated at the moment. The Indian delta variant is more contagious than the previous variants and has spread more quickly in other countries, and now apparently in Israel as well. But the fear-mongering, that seems at least in part fed by a powerful longing for some television limelight, ignores two dramatic changes in the situation since the third wave of the coronavirus subsided in March. First, most of Israel’s po...