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    Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing A Dramatic Surge In New COVID Cases. Here's Why

    What happened? Here are six lessons learned from Israel's experience — and one looming question for the future of the pandemic.
    by Daniel Estrin Aug 20, 2021 5 minutes
    Medics in Jerusalem transfer a COVID-19 patient to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem. Many hospitals in Israel are at full capacity following a sharp increase in coronavirus infections.

    Israel was the first country on Earth to fully vaccinate a majority of its citizens against COVID-19. Now it has one of the world's highest daily infection rates — an average of nearly 7,500 confirmed cases a day, double what it was two weeks ago. Nearly one in every 150 people in Israel today has the virus.

    What happened, and what can be learned about the vaccine's impact on a highly-vaccinated country? Here are six lessons learned — and one looming question for the future of the pandemic.

    1. Immunity from the vaccine dips over time.

    Israel had fully vaccinated slightly its population by March 25. Infections waned, venues reopened to the vaccinated and the prime minister told Israelis to go out and have fun. By June, all restrictions, including indoor masking, were abolished.

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