Interesting point regarding Israel. I was surprised by their embrace of the vaccine as Jews often see themselves as a persecuted people, distrustful of government. There is a large Hasidic community not far from where I live, and I often read their online newspaper. At the beginning of the so-called pandemic I was astonished by the number of deaths in their community attributed to Covid. Many were in their thirties and forties. They kept their religious schools open and actively fought against the mandates to close. They also continued to hold large gatherings. such as weddings and other religious events, and were often visited by the police because of it. I applauded their collective finger to the authorities, but then they began to get vaccinated in large numbers. Most have ties to Israel and go back and forth from there on a regular basis, so that was probably a factor as well. In a closed community such as theirs, there is probably a lot of pressure on the individual to get vaxxed for the greater good. They should have stuck to their original stance.