Israeli Vaccine Chief: “We have made mistakes” – Interview with Professor Cyrille Cohen, head of Immunology at Bar Ilan University | UnHerd | Jan 18, 2022 (Video)

 

Listen to the podcast version: https://play.acast.com/s/5fad6d24bc034454b53fe011/61e6db7bdc4a120013f86820

Accompanying article here: https://unherd.com/thepost/israeli-vaccine-chief-we-have-made-mistakes/

 

In a wide-ranging and forthright interview with Freddie Sayers, Professor Cyrille Cohen, head of Immunology at Bar Ilan University and a member of the advisory committee for vaccines for the Israeli Government said:

– The Green Pass / vaccine passport concept was no longer relevant in the Omicron era and should be phased out (he expected it to be in short order in Israel)

– He and his colleagues were surprised and disappointed that the vaccines did not prevent transmission, as they had originally hoped
 

– The biggest mistake of the pandemic in Israel was closing schools and education – he apologised for that

– Widespread infection is now an inevitable part of future immunity — otherwise known as herd immunity
 

– Omicron has accelerated the pandemic into the endemic phase, in which Covid will be “like flu”

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00:00 – Introduction  

01:39 – What has Israel learned from its approach to covid?  

05:38 – Should vaccine passports be phased out in the Omicron era?  

10:32 – Why was ‘herd immunity’ so controversial – and is it making a comeback?  

12:58 – What does Cyrille Cohen think of the UK’s covid experience?  

14:41 – Has the politicisation of science been strange to the professor?  

22:14 – Is Omicron the end of the pandemic?  

25:45 – Should we just leave anti-vaxxers alone?  

28:39 – Are cancer vaccines just around the corner?  

29:50 – Concluding thoughts

 

 

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