Rotation only creates a mess
The Jewish mind comes up with inventions, Uri Zohar sang in the classic song “Shir Hapatentim” in 1962.
And there is more than a little truth in that. But not every Jewish, or Israeli, invention or patent works, or should be employed.
Take, for example, the idea of a rotation government.
With the elections now just over a week away, and polls showing a toss-up in the race between the camp that wants to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain in power, the pro-Bibi camp, and the camp that wants to unseat him, the anti-Bibi camp, there is much speculation about the formation of a rotation government.
Perhaps Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid, New Hope chairman Gideon Sa’ar and Yamina chief Naftali Bennett will decide to join a coalition together, and actually agree to a three-way
rotation at prime minister if none of those parties ends up with a commanding lead over the other two. Or, even if Yesh
the only factor that matters: “There is a question of cellular memory, of how lymphocytes react and more. For this reason, I stick my neck out and say that we will not need another vaccine before 2022.
The only scenario in which another jab will be required earlier than that is the occurrence of an aggressive mutation that starts infecting people who already got inoculated. “But it does not look like this will happen,” he said.
Halevy emphasized that he believes the inoculation against COVID-19 will eventually become similar to flu shots, which need to be administered every year.
“The good news is that m-RNA vaccines are much easier to adapt than other technologies,” he explained, but advised medical experts to be humble, considering how much the pandemic