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Item #2 (Advanced Level)

Flu Hysteria

Months of calls from every possible factor of the health system for the
public to prepare for winter and get vaccinated fell on deaf ears. Until the
reports came. What the calls to the public didn't do, hysteria did. And so
today, (those) who wanted to get vaccinated realized it's hardly a simple
task. One million eight hundred thousand vaccines were ordered by the
HMOs this year. Macabi (HMO) already announced finishing all of (its)
vaccines stock. Other HMOs have several thousands left. As far as the
Ministry of Health is concerned, the number of cases reported thus far isn't
unusual, meaning the flu peak is still ahead. While many Israelis are
searching frantically for vaccines, others are asking whether it's not too
late to get vaccinated. The answer by the way, is unequivocal. In about two
weeks more vaccines are supposed to get to Israel, and in the meantime,
like every winter, occupancy in hospitals is starting to go up.

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