{"id":227218,"date":"2021-02-07T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T16:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=227218"},"modified":"2021-02-10T05:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T05:01:49","slug":"israels-third-lockdown-a-spectacle-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=227218","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Third Lockdown &#8211; a Spectacle of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cYour destroyers and wreckers depart from you\u201d<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/isaiah\/49-17.htm\">Isaiah\u00a049:17<\/a>)<\/h3>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Gilad Atzmon<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/02\/05\/world\/middleeast\/israel-virus-vaccination.html\">The New York Times<\/a> praised the Israeli mass vaccination experiment. \u201cIn the most extensive real-world test so far, Israel has demonstrated that a robust coronavirus vaccination program can have a quick and powerful impact, showing the world a plausible way out of the pandemic. Cases of Covid-19 and hospitalizations dropped dramatically among people who were vaccinated within just a few weeks\u2026 early data suggests that the vaccines are working nearly as well in practice as they did in clinical trials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For one reason or another, the Israeli media is not as enthusiastic as the NY Times. On the penultimate day of Israel\u2019s third lockdown, the most read Israeli online outlet, Ynet, carried the following headline: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynet.co.il\/news\/article\/SkxIvfneO?utm_source=ynet.app.ios&amp;utm_term=SkxIvfneO&amp;utm_campaign=general&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR0-glN8h030A49-iPAAk4w8DdwoLqg0KjpnMOXCOghnj9akitSC8jG8jRQ?utm_source=ynet.co.il&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_camp%20\">Spectacle of Failure: Third Lockdown Compared to Previous Ones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article unveiled the hopelessness and duplicitous nature of Israel\u2019s COVID strategy and politics. Ynet points out that, despite the baseless promises made by the government and its prime minister, after six weeks in lockdown the situation didn\u2019t improve at all. Despite Israel leading the world mass vaccination experiment, its COVID transmission rate is among the worst in the Western world.<\/p>\n<p>The Ynet article stresses that \u201ctomorrow at 7:00 AM the third lockdown will end, a month and a half after it was imposed &#8211; and the COVID data is much worse today compared with the situation at the beginning\u2026 at the point of departure of the third lockdown at the end of December, the rate of positive tests was 4.9%, the number of critical hospitalized patients was then 949, the number of verified cases was 4,010. Prior to the tightening of the lockdown, on January 8, the positive rate was 6.6%, the number of critical patients &#8211; 949, and the number of verified cases &#8211; 7,644.<\/p>\n<p>At the peak of the third lockdown, the rate of positive cases reached 10.2%, the number of seriously ill patients climbed to 1,203 and the daily number of COVID diagnoses reached 10,114. Since then, the numbers have dropped by just a little. On Tuesday, the positive rate was 8.9%, the number of patients was 1,101 and the number of verified cases was 7,183. Even the R number, which determines whether the epidemic is spreading, has risen again to 1 in recent days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The combined number of vaccinated Israelis and those who recovered from COVID in the past should have provided Israel with a relatively strong herd immunity, enough to defeat the virus or at least reduce its reproduction rate. But the facts on the ground suggest the complete opposite. The transmission rate in Israel is higher than pretty much anywhere else. In fact the troubling <a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2021\/1\/30\/a-brief-examination-of-some-facts-related-to-mass-vaccination\">correlation between mass vaccination and illness<\/a> suggests that the more you vaccinate, the more COVID cases you find.<\/p>\n<p>As if this is not enough, not more than two cities are castigated as \u2018COVID green cities.\u2019 One of those cities is Rahat, a Palestinian Bedouin municipality where the vaccination campaign is generally ignored. The Israelis can also see that amongst the COVID green communities, the Israeli Arab villages and towns are vastly overrepresented. Again, this may have something to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davar1.co.il\/272994\/\">their general defiance of the vaccine<\/a>. In short, if we learn something from the \u2018Israeli experiment\u2019 it may be possible to conclude that the less you vaccinate, the more healthy your community is as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the validated fact that the vaccinated are proved to be relatively immune at least at the present time, the only explanation (I can think of) \u00a0for spike of cases, deaths and mutants in mass vaccinated states is the horrifying possibility that the vaccinated are actually spreading the virus and especially its mutants (particularly the British one). This possibility must be investigated. It is supported by established data collected in mass vaccinating countries, such as the UAE, USA, Britain and Portugal. Shortly after a mass vaccination campaign is launched, we detect a sharp exponential rise in cases and, tragically, deaths to follow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_227219\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/theenthisiasts1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227219\" class=\"wp-image-227219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/theenthisiasts1-1024x499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-227219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The evolutionary theory that may lead to such a scenario is also far from being too complicated: struggling to survive, the virus mutates and then attacks those who are relatively unprotected (the unvaccinated). I explored the possibility of a conflict between the \u2018vaccinated\u2019 and the \u2018unvaccinated\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2021\/1\/19\/in-the-ww3-in-which-we-live\">three weeks ago<\/a>. At the time, some Israeli scientists hypothesised a possible horrific scenario in which the vaccinated are identified as spreaders of some lethal mutants and are pushed into isolation.<\/p>\n<p>In Israel, the IDF\u2019s intelligence (AMAN) also runs an independent COVID research unit that estimates the risks imposed by the situation and evaluates relevant strategies. Earlier today AMAN published its warning that in the \u201ccoming weeks a sharp rise in cases is expected following the end of the lockdown and the rapid spread of the British mutant.\u201d AMAN stressed that\u00a0 &#8220;more than ever, personal responsibility and adherence to the guidelines are required.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With its decision to voluntarily make itself Pfizer\u2019s testing ground, the Israelis are providing us with some invaluable understanding of the vaccine and the risks that are involved in COVID mass vaccination. If, for instance, we notice in the coming weeks that the IDF\u2019s intelligence was wrong in its prediction and there is no significant change in the number of cases or deaths, we may be able to conclude that it isn\u2019t social distancing that spreads the disease (in its current state) but probably the vaccine itself. If morbidity is reduced and case numbers drop, we may even be able to look into the possibility that social integration actually reduces transmission. If the number of cases rises sharply as the IDF predicts, we may be able to conclude that the vaccine had a very little impact on Israel\u2019s herd immunity. In fact, the campaign was a spectacle of failure.<\/p>\n<p>There are now estimates that 50% of Israelis do not believe in the vaccine and the rationale behind it. Israeli vaccination centers are currently empty despite pressure mounted by the government and municipalities on citizens to get themselves \u2018protected.\u2019 Many Israelis believe that the national vaccine campaign is there to serve PM Netanyahu political goal: a victorious image that would win him the next election and may save him from his current legal complications.<\/p>\n<p>Those who are familiar with Jewish history should be aware of the role and prominence of the collective suicidal narratives that have shaped Jewish history in the past. The Old Testament points out to the Hebrews that \u201cyour destroyers and wreckers depart from you\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/isaiah\/49-17.htm\">Isaiah\u00a049:17<\/a>). Most Jews tend to attribute this Godly observation to Jewish dissenters, but Jewish history may instead suggest that it is the Jewish accepted leaders, both political, spiritual and religious, who often led their people on the most disastrous and tragic paths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks for supporting Gilad&#8217;s battle for truth and justice.<\/h1>\n<p>My battle for truth involves a serious commitment and some substantial expenses. I have put my career on the line, I could do with your support..<\/p>\n<p>Scroll to the foot of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2021\/2\/7\/israels-third-lockdown-a-spectacle-of-failure\">source page<\/a> to assist Gilad in his work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gilad.online\/writings\/2021\/2\/7\/israels-third-lockdown-a-spectacle-of-failure\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If we learn something from the \u2018Israeli experiment\u2019 it may be that the less you vaccinate, the healthier your community is as a whole. 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