Israel Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz recently had a hot mic moment during an interview for Channel 12. A tweet from Disclose.TV said “Israeli Ministry of Health (right) recorded saying to the Minister of Interior (left) “there is no medical or epidemiological justification for the Covid passport, it is only intended to pressure the unvaccinated to vaccinate”.
As Times of Israel reported, “Several ministers were overheard prior to a cabinet meeting on Sunday saying that some coronavirus-related restrictions are only aimed at incentivizing vaccination, rather than driving down morbidity, while lamenting that the unvaccinated are taking up hospital beds.
“I also think you can remove the Green Pass for outdoor restaurants,” Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked told Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, in footage broadcast by Channel 12 news on Sunday evening.
The “Green Pass” is a document held by those who are vaccinated or have recovered from COVID, and is required to access most indoor public places, as well as crowded outdoor attractions.
“In pools, too, not just in restaurants. Epidemiologically it’s correct,” Horowitz responded to Shaked, noting that the Green Pass is not particularly needed at outdoor gatherings.
“The thing is, I’m telling you this, our problem is people who don’t get vaccinated. We need that they… otherwise… we will not get out of this,” the health minister added.
Kyle Becker of TrendingPolitics.com expounded on this by stating that The Times of Israel notes that the Green Pass currently applies to most public attractions, except malls. But the Israeli health minister didn’t want to make exceptions, “because then they will say — if not pools, then why water parks?
“Still, we don’t want to do things that don’t have medical justification,” he added.
There may be no such thing as “fully vaccinated” for Covid-19, Israel, one of the highest-vaccinated countries in the world, is finding out. The nation is now preparing to roll out a fourth shot in its Covid vaccination series.
“Israel is set to begin preparations to administer fourth doses of the coronavirus vaccines as the country deals with soaring cases despite its trail-blazing roll-out of jabs,” the Daily Mail reported in early September. “The country’s national coronavirus czar Salman Zarka said the country needs to prepare for a fourth injection, which could be modified to better protect against new variants of the virus.”
