JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Although Israel’s successful immunization campaign has led to a dramatic reduction in infections, serious cases and deaths from coronavirus, there are still people who oppose the vaccinations and deem them dangerous.
At present all Israelis over the age of 16 can receive a vaccination, with experiments underway which will enable those aged 12-16 to receive a vaccine by the summer. However Prof. Galia Rahav, the head of the Infectious Disease Unit and Laboratories at the Sheba Medical Center and a member of the health ministry’s coronavirus team, has suffered severe attacks from anti-vaxxers after she declared that eventually all children will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In Facebook posts from recent days Rahav has been compared to Disney character Cruella De Ville from the movie “101 Dalmations” who seeks to obtain Dalmation puppies in order to use them for fur. Others wished her that “G-d should take you speedily in our time, Amen” and one said that Rahav, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, is the “future neighbor of Hitler in Gehennom.” Others spuriously claimed that Rahav received a grant from Pfizer in order to promote the vaccination campaign -a claim she hotly denies – and some even accused her of violating the Nuremberg code which prohibits using humans for medical experiments.
Sheba staff published a Facebook post in which they pledged support for Rahav and stated that “we follow the professional truth – that vaccines have saved hundreds of millions of people from death and disease over the course of history and nothing is different regarding the coronavirus pandemic. Threats will not change the truth, and we will not be silent in the face of attempts to harm the health of all of us.”
Rahav herself said that the comparison to Hitler is “crazy” adding that “I defeated Hitler. My parents went through what they went and I am leading the battle against coronavirus today. That is a victory over Hitler. Will I be next to him? Yeah right.”
Rahav’s daughter, Dr. Ronni Rahav-Koren, said that her grandparents survived the Holocaust because they were doctors “and now they say she is committing a crime against humanity. When I read all of those posts I began to worry. I want people to know that she is going with her truth, that she really believes in this vaccine and she really believes that this disease is rough. It’s just ridiculous that people think otherwise.”
The Health Ministry also condemned the threats towards Rahav: “Prof. Rahav agreed to give of her own time and she is a member of the advisory board of the ministry on a voluntary basis.
“We categorically reject the post condemning her and comparing her to the dark epochs of the the past. It is a shame and disgrace that people chose to speak in such a manner.
“In the merit of the combined knowledge and discussions of experts we are at the forefront of the struggle against coronavirus and the results of the vaccination drive are among the best in the world.”
People who have had no secular education know better than doctors and scientists with their 10 years of university.
Steve
4 years ago
#1920565
well all those protesters are right it’s the only country in the world who is starting to give for kids they are the testing grounds for the vaccine manufacturers why would anyone do this to their own children be the guinea pigs, in addition that they are the least vulnerable to get even slightly sick from the virus.
Chona Gewirtz
4 years ago
#1920558
The Covid-19 vaccines only have an emergency use authorization right now. More testing for the safety of the vaccines should be done before giving them to children.
Anonymous
4 years ago
#1920597
The Zionists have a long tradition, since before the State was founded, of using Jews as subjects of medical experimentation. This time, they are open about it and proud of it.
People who have had no secular education know better than doctors and scientists with their 10 years of university.
well all those protesters are right it’s the only country in the world who is starting to give for kids they are the testing grounds for the vaccine manufacturers why would anyone do this to their own children be the guinea pigs, in addition that they are the least vulnerable to get even slightly sick from the virus.
The Covid-19 vaccines only have an emergency use authorization right now. More testing for the safety of the vaccines should be done before giving them to children.
The Zionists have a long tradition, since before the State was founded, of using Jews as subjects of medical experimentation. This time, they are open about it and proud of it.