Immunity
Turning Knesset into a ‘sanctuary city’ for lawbreakers will bury its ability to function - opinion
With all due respect to political considerations, the coalition, with the ruling party at its helm, must come to its senses. It must put the public interest first.
Knesset panel approves immunity for Tally Gotliv in Shin Bet identity disclosure case
Jeffrey Epstein and the system that protected him – opinion
Surprising find: Same-arm vaccine shots enhance immunity
Tel Aviv U. researchers develop antibody cocktail against COVID-19
Lead scientist: ‘Asymptomatic patients may possibly contract disease a second time’
Israelis who fell sick with COVID-19 twice: Second time was worse
"I feel like a leper," said one repeat victim, who was first infected in June. "They put it into our heads... that we were immune for at least three months and that we were developing antibodies."
When ready, the coronavirus vaccine will only be 50% effective
When referring to a 50% effectiveness, this means that for every 100 people, only 50 will become immune to the disease.
Will a coronavirus vaccine be a ‘cure’ for the pandemic?
The answer to this is more complicated than one might think and centers around the question of the strength and longevity of the immune response.
Some uninfected, unexposed patients may be resistant to COVID-19
Even more surprising is the fact that this was also seen in blood samples taken years before the coronavirus pandemic even began, meaning some people have pre-existing resistance against the virus.
Israeli doctor reinfected with coronavirus 3 months after recovering
This is the second case at Sheba Medical Center in which a patient recovered from the virus and was subsequently reinfected.
Doctors attack the Health Ministry's coronavirus combating policy
As an alternative, the group of doctors offered to keep the older population safer and to allow more freedom to Israel's youth.
Swiftly waning COVID-19 immunity poses vaccination challenge
There is no data from any human trials showing whether any protective antibody immune response would be strong- and long-lasting enough.
Could Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews have herd immunity?
“That’s the feeling, that they’ve had it, everybody they know has had it, and the people they know who haven’t had it have some kind of immunity that we just don’t understand yet.”
Coronavirus Symptoms: What are the symptoms of COVID-19?
Here are the most common symptoms of the novel coronavirus
