Life After the Vaccine in Israel

<p>Just a few months ago, Israel was in dire shape when it came to the coronavirus. It had among the highest daily infection and death rates in the world. </p><p>Now, Israel has outpaced much of the world in vaccinating its population and hospitalizations have fallen dramatically. </p><p>Today, how it is managing the return to normality and the moral and ethical questions that its decisions have raised. </p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/isabel-kershner?smid=pc-thedaily">Isabel Kershner</a>, a correspondent in Jerusalem for The New York Times. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Israel’s<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/world/israel-green-pass-covid.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> “Green Pass” creates</a> a two-tier system for the vaccinated and unvaccinated, raising<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/world/middleeast/israel-covid-vaccine-reopen.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> legal, moral and ethical questions</a>.</li><li>The pandemic lockdowns brought tensions between Israel’s secular and ultra-Orthodox communities to the boiling point. The<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/magazine/how-the-pandemic-nearly-tore-israel-apart.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> political consequences could be felt for years</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a></p><p> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>