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What Israel Can Teach Us

What Israel Can Teach Us

FromPrognosis: Losing it


What Israel Can Teach Us

FromPrognosis: Losing it

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Mar 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Israel has had one of the world’s most successful vaccination efforts yet. Now a new study from the country shows the Pfizer vaccine was overwhelmingly effective against the virus. Public-health experts say the Israeli study shows that immunizations could end the pandemic. Naomi Kresge reports on what makes the Israeli study so significant, and why it might point to an eventual way out of the pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Mar 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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