Israel’s Bennett endorses self-testing, booster shots over lockdowns in UN speech
The Israeli prime minister said that countries should avoid the “economic price” of lockdowns by vaccinating and offering mass testing.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett criticized lockdowns and praised Israel’s approach to combating COVID-19 at the United Nations Monday.
Bennett said school and work closures as well as movement restrictions are not sustainable in the long term due to the pain they cause.
“We all paid a huge price, an economic price, a physical price, an emotional price — just ask your kids — for bringing life to a standstill in 2020,” said Bennett before the UN General Assembly in New York.
Bennett instead pointed to Israel’s use of vaccine booster shots against COVID-19 and distribution of self-testing kits to families as successful ways of mitigating the virus.
