Prepared to take the risk? The link between COVID-19 vaccination status and adherence to public health measures in the Eastern Mediterranean

Going to Tel Aviv is an absolute joy for any Judeophile. In the late summer of 2022, your correspondent was fortunate enough to go back to Tel Aviv, the ‘capital of the Mediterranean cool’, which was as magnificent as ever. Star of David flags, hoisted along the beachfront, flutter in the late afternoon breeze. Bikini and shorts-clad Tel Avivi millennials, with impeccably bronzed bodies, crowd the bars alongside Hilton beach. From the nearby speakers, female vocals softly proclaim to the sounds of deep house: “Straight to the open sea, I am diving to the memories you gave me; I could never leave, I could never leave, Tel Aviv….” There were practically no traces left of the stringent measures associated with halting the COVID-19 spread.