First of all, thanks Gato for all you do.

Wanted to post a link to another substack that others might be interested in that might explain culturally the large vaccine uptake in Israel (although certainly the mandates and passports in that country could account for more). George Grosman thinks that Israelis have a more religious-like devotion to and trust in their government than most other places, see here for his explanation: https://georgegrosman.substack.com/p/israel-the-blind-trust-conundrum?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozNDA0Nzc0OCwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDE4MDI1NTIsIl8iOiJRVjdEbiIsImlhdCI6MTYzMjY5NzU1NCwiZXhwIjoxNjMyNzAxMTU0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMzc4MjQ4Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.i4Q04IzMC9aX6zyYKJYqGlOBOPXJJa4x_5zEWF_yIjA