>>> WELCOME BACK.
THE PRESIDENT SAYS EVERYBODY CAN
GET A VACCINE BY LATE MAY.
ANNOUNCING THERE WILL BE ENOUGH
VACCINE TO COVER ALL U.S.
ADULTS.
THAT’S EXCITING.
SO WHEN WILL WE RETURN TO SOME
KIND OF NORMAL?
WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEAVE THE HOUSE
WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT GETTING
COVID OR INFECTING OTHERS?
WHEN CAN YOU GO SAFELY TO A BALL
GAME OR A CONCERT AS NICOLLE
WALLACE AND I WERE JUST
DISCUSSING?
THERE ARE ACTUALLY CLUES FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
WE ACTUALLY COMPARE DEATH RATES
WHERE THE U.S. DOES THE WORST.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, WITH
OUR HIGH DEATH RATE.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER POSITIVE
METRICS THAT CAN ALSO SHOW SOME
OF THE WAY OUT OF THIS.
COUNTRIES THAT ARE BEATING COVID
WITH SAFETY MEASURES, VACCINE
ROLL-OUTS, AND COMPREHENSIVE
WAYS TO MANAGE WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER THE PUBLIC IS VACCINATED.
INDEED, DR. FAUCI SINGLED OUT
ONE COUNTRY AS A LEADER.
>> ISRAEL IS ROLLING OUT THE
COVID VACCINE FAR MORE QUICKLY
AND EFFICIENTLY THAN ANY OTHER
NATION BY FAR.
>> NO COUNTRY IS VACCINATING ITS
PEOPLE FASTER THAN ISRAEL.
>> IN ISRAEL, THEY ARE MONTHS
AHEAD OF US, 50% OF EVERYONE
OVER AGE 16 HAS HAD A SHOT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT
OF VACCINATIONS PER 100 PEOPLE,
MAINLY HOW MANY VACCINATIONS
WERE GIVEN PER 100 PEOPLE,
ISRAEL IS WAY UP THERE.
>> WAY UP THERE.
ISRAEL NOW HAS THE RECORD FOR
FASTEST VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
ACROSS THE WORLD.
NINE OUT OF TEN SENIORS
VACCINATED.
OVER HALF THE POPULATION HAS AT
LEAST A DOSE, AND SOME OF THE
REASONS MAY NOT BE REPLICATABLE.
A SMALL COUNTRY, UNDER 9 MILLION
PEOPLE IS A BIT MORE LIKE
MANAGING A STATE.
INDEED, IT’S ABOUT THE SIZE AND
POPULATION OF NEW JERSEY AS
OPPOSED TO A GIANT SPRAWLING
NATION LIKE THE U.S. OR CHINA.
BUT IN OTHER WAYS, LOOKING AT A
LEADING COUNTRY LIKE ISRAEL CAN
BE LIKE HAVING A BIT OF A POLICY
TIME MACHINE TO SEE INTO OUR OWN
FUTURE, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
VACCINE RATES IMPROVE AND THE
DECISIONS THAT MAY BE COMING OUR
WAY.
WE KNOW ISRAEL STARTED AROUND
THE SAME TIME AS THE U.S.
FIRST SHOTS CAME ABOUT FIVE DAYS
AFTER AMERICA’S.
SEEN ON CAMERA RIGHT HERE WITH
THEIR PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU
AND HERE IN THE U.S. A NURSE IN
NEW YORK.
SOON ISRAEL LEAPT AHEAD, THOUGH,
OF MOST COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE
U.S.
90% OF ISRAELIS OVER 50 HAVE
RECEIVED BOTH NEEDED SHOTS FOR
VACCINATIONS.
OVER HALF OF THE COUNTRY HAS AT
LEAST ONE DOSE.
COMPARE THAT TO ABOUT 15% IN THE
U.S.
.
ISRAEL IS A COUNTRY WITH
UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE AND NEAR
UNIVERSAL MILITARY CONSCRIPTION.
IT IS SAFETY-ORIENTED.
IT HAS PUSHED HARD FOR PEOPLE TO
GET THEIR SHOTS.
EXAMPLE, THEY TURNED AN IKEA
SHOWROOM INTO A VACCINATION
SITE.
SOME TRIED TO MAKE IT MORE
SOCIAL WHICH IS INTERESTING IN A
TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING,
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THERE TO GO
SHOP FOR SHOT.
>> THE MUNICIPALITY, IT’S A COOL
IDEA WHERE THEY CALL YOUNGSTERS
TO DO A VACCINE IN A BAR, AND
THANKS TO THAT, THEY GIVE FREE
BEER.
>> HEY, WHATEVER WORKS.
ALSO, IT’S HAPPY HOUR SOMEWHERE,
OR WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY.
NOW FOR WHERE THE VIRUS IS IN
AMERICA, WE’VE SEEN THESE IMAGES
OF CROWDED MARKETS OR BEACHES
THAT BRING UP CONCERN ABOUT
SUPER SPREADERS.
BUT ISRAEL RIGHT NOW HAS CROWDS
THAT DO NOT, ACCORDING TO
EXPERT, BRING THE SAME RISKS,
PEOPLE WALKING INTO THEATERS AND
OTHER INDOOR SPOTS THAT THE CDC
WARNS WOULD USUALLY TAKE MORE
TIME THAN THIS.
SO THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW CAN THEY BE DOING THIS?
EVEN WITH THE HIGH VACCINATION
RATE THAT I JUST REPORTED, WE
STILL KNOW THAT ANY OTHER PERSON
COULD GO INTO THOSE PLACES,
COULD STILL SPREAD COVID
INDOORS.
SO WHAT GIVES?
WELL, AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE
GET A LITTLE BIT OF A TRIP INTO
OUR POSSIBLE FUTURE.
THE ANSWER IS VACCINE PASSPORTS.
SAFETY EXPERTS SAY THESE ARE A
CRITICAL TOOL, WHILE OTHERS SEE
IT AS A CONTROVERSIAL FORM OF
GOVERNMENT TRACKING.
BUT THIS DEBATE MAY BE COMING
HERE.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
ISRAEL, USING A GREEN PASS,
WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE AN ID TO
VERIFY WHO HAS BEEN FULLY
VACCINATED.
SO THEN YOU CAN HAVE THOSE
SCENES I JUST SHOWED YOU OF,
GROUPS SAFELY ENTERING PLACES
LIKE HOTEL, GYMS, THEATER, EVEN
CONCERTS.
IT’S BASICALLY A PASSPORT THAT
ISRAEL TELLS TO THE VACCINATED
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT.
>> OKAY.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY THE GREEN
BADGE.
I DOWNLOADED IT FROM THIS APP.
I’M SO HAPPY I CAN GO BACK TO
THE GYM RIGHT NOW.
>> THE PASS COMES A WEEK AFTER
YOU GET YOUR SECOND SHOT, OR IT
COMES IF YOU’VE RECOVERED FROM
COVID-19, PROVIDING THE NATURAL
SHORT-TERM IMMUNITY.
NOW THERE ARE ALREADY
TRADE-OFFS.
THOUSANDS APPARENTLY ARE TRYING
TO GET FORGED GREEN PASS
THERE’S, WHICH RAISES MAJOR
HEALTH CONCERNS ABOUT THE WHOLE
SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF
RISK ANY SOCIETY WOULD WANT THE
TAKE ON THIS KIND OF
CERTIFICATION.
MANY AMERICANS, AS WE’VE
REPORTED, HAVE BEEN PROTESTING
MASKSES AS AN ENCROACHMENT ON
LIBERTY.
WELL, THIS FULLY DIGITIZED
TRACKING CERTAINLY DEMANDS MORE
OF YOU THAN CHOOSING WHEN TO
VOLUNTARILY PUT ON MASK.
EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS PROTESTERS
ALREADY RAISING ALONG.
WORRYING THAT THIS TYPE OF
SYSTEM ENCOURAGES A NEW CLASS OF
BASICALLY SPECIAL PEOPLE
VACCINATED WITH SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES.
NOW THERE ARE PROBABLY NO
COMPLETELY EASY ANSWERS HERE,
BUT THIS IS A COUNTRY THAT’S
LEANED INTO A ROBUST GOVERNMENT
ROLE, A NATIONAL HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM, SOME ROBUST AND NEW
REGULATION EXPERIMENTATION, PLUS
THESE VOLUNTARY SACRIFICES TO
PERSONAL PRIVACY TO GET TOWARDS
A GOAL THAT LETS REMEMBER, A
GOAL THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER IN
OUR SO-CALLED DIVIDED TIMES.
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD, FROM THE UNITED
STATES TO CHINA TO EUROPE TO
ISRAEL WANT TO REOPEN SOCIETY SO
WE CAN ALL RETURN TO MANY OF THE
THINGS MA MAKE MOST LIVES WORTH
LIVING.
AND AS AMERICA FOLLOWS THIS ROAD