1/ Israel has now officially admitted it does not have a clue why its outbreak remains out of control six weeks after vaccinations began. It continued to blame “variants” - but whatever surge the variants caused has already ended in their countries of origin...
2/ In fact the reality is even worse. The variants spread and peak faster but also burn out faster (this is what you would expect if their R is higher but they are otherwise similar). EVERYWHERE EXCEPT ISRAEL. When are we going to start talking about the elephant in the room?