The experts speak out against the lockdown cycle
“A lockdown on isolated neighborhoods under the present situation is worse than useless. Any fall in infections it achieves in the short term will be purely temporary. The infection rate will rebound as soon as lockdown is lifted.”
This harsh analysis was offered by Professor Eli Sprecher, deputy director of research and development at Ichilov Hospital and author of the “Sprecher model” — which predicted Israel’s number of infections and serious cases in the second wave to a tee.
The government’s decision to keep the lockdown on red neighborhoods in place, a move that effectively discriminates against chareidim, has elicited a sharp reaction from chareidi representatives. Degel HaTorah chairman Moshe Gafni tells Mishpacha: “Roni Gamzu doesn’t care about infection rates. All he cares about is whether you’re chareidi.
“Thanks to our efforts to bring down the infection rate in Jerusalem and other chareidi areas, Gamzu had to resort to manipulated figures to justify another lockdown on the chareidim. I’m calling on the prime minister to discharge this man immediately. Everyone’s happy about the decline in the infection rate, and we urge everyone to follow the guidelines religiously. But you can’t exploit the situation to hurt sectors that have made tremendous efforts to bring down the infection rate, and baruch Hashem are succeeding.”
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