MAR 29, 2024 JLM 66°F 12:17 AM 06:17 PM EST
Israel continues to vaccinate despite FDA decision: "If we were careful we would react late"

The decision of the Food and Drug Administration not to recommend vaccination of the entire population in a third dose was made with disappointment and apprehension. Although the advisory forum has determined that there is still insufficient information, experts in Israel believe that the government's measures were correct. "Every country has its own epidemiological conditions," explained Prof. Hagai Levin

The decision, made last night was made with disappointment and concerns in Israel. The expectation in Israel that the assumptions underlying Israel's decision to vaccinate the entire population in the third dose would be approved was encountered by a forum of experts who believe that the time has not yet come, but Israeli experts believe the steps taken were correct.

"Israel must do what is good for Israel," he told Walla! The epidemiologist Prof. Hagai Levin of the Hebrew University, former chairman of the Association of Public Health Physicians, an international expert in the field who serves as a senior physician at the School of Public Health of the Hebrew University and Hadassah in Jerusalem. " He points out that the FDA hears various and complex considerations, including global injustice and inequality between countries. When the evidence is weak, these also gain weight.

Although the FDA refrained from recommending vaccinating the entire population with the booster vaccine, this did not mean that those who were not included in the recommendation should not be vaccinated. The organization has recommended vaccinating those aged 65 and over in a third dose, those at high risk as well as medical staff, and additional groups may be included in the next phase.

The FDA's first decision comes on the one hand due to a lack of sufficient information from Pfizer, the vaccine maker, about the risks, and on the other hand from a lack of sufficiently convincing information about the need for the third dose, which in Israel has so far been taken for granted. The bottom line, the reason for the American hesitation is that "many committee members felt uncomfortable about the weight of the benefits outweighing the risks to young graduates, citing a lack of strong safety data."

"The prime minister, Naftali Bennett, wrote in The Economist about the responsibility of decision-makers, and tonight's decision means increased responsibility of decision-makers. He noted that the discussion revealed that information from Israel was very significant and strong regarding the benefit of the third dose for those aged 60 and over and that the decision to vaccinate the third dose in Israel saved many lives. "If we were as cautious as the FDA we would have reacted belatedly," he added. "The fact that they also allowed young people in Israel is a reasonable decision. It should also be remembered that in America we vaccinated a smaller percentage of young people in the first and second dose and they need to concentrate more on that."

Photo: Reuven Castro

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