prioritizing small business owners for vaccination

PM Netanyahu made a campaign stop yesterday in RBS. Bibi went to the Meuhedet clinic in RBS where vaccinations against COVID-19 are being given. He and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein spoke and congratulated the patient being vaccinated at the time.

Here are some highlights from Bibi's speech:

Srugim is reporting that Mayor of Bet Shemesh, Dr Aliza Bloch, spoke with the Prime Minister and the Health Minister requesting that small business owners should be prioritized for the vaccinations.

Corona and the lockdowns have brought about a serious situation for the economy and especially for small business owners. Bloch said that the need to vaccinate small business owners is critical and will be oxygen for hundreds of thousands of people.

I like the out of the box thinking, but I don't see the need in general.

At this point, the Ministry of Health has lowered the vaccination age to anyone 40 years and up. We are well past the elderly and 60+. We have blown through 55+ and 45+.

At 40+, many small business owners who want  it can get it, and that is in addition to pretty much anyone who wants it having already been able to walk in and ask for it and get it, with very few being turned away. And for those who cannot yet get it, we went in about a week from 60+ to 40+, so surely the age will drop further again soon.

Besides for that, how exactly will the kupot cholim know who is a small business owner to invite them to make an appointment for vaccination? If someone is a small business owner, how are they supposed to show that to the health clinic?

I like the out of the box thinking, but I don't see this as overly practical, if even necessary at this point.

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