Curbing the coming Covid surge
A new surge of Covid cases is probable in the coming months. It is likely to be blamed on schools reopening. Research worldwide suggests that will be secondary. (Children get Covid less severely than adults and transmit less). Other drivers are certain: people returning from holidays; more indoor time; university students crowding into halls of residence and bars; erosion of voluntary Covid precautions; waning of immunity from early-2021 infections or vaccinations. Israel mass-vaccinated before Europe and has had an earlier new surge. Ran Balicer, Israel’s lead Covid expert, reckons that the...