Here is the report, released on March 16, which finally made
Trump and Boris Johnson impose stricter measures. Impact
of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID19 mortality and
healthcare demand
By the
number of cases, Israel is now where Italy was 3 weeks ago. Except that Israel
has been in lockdown for the last three days while Italy imposed lockdown on
Lombardy only on March 8 which is 10 days later than Israel in relative terms,
and in exponential functions this makes all the difference!
Even Dr. Elli Rosenberg, a clinical immunologist at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, was skeptical: “In
the beginning, I thought this was handled way too aggressively and that the
measures the government decided on were extreme. As time progressed, especially
with examples coming in from different countries around the world of how
governments responded and what the consequences were — for better and for worse
— I slowly shifted to the point right now where I hope we’re not too late with
the actions we’re taking. “
So in contrast to
Trump and BoJo, Bibi had done the right thing form the start Will he be given
credit?
