Did Israel loosen coronavirus restrictions too soon?

Kent Kroeger
7 min readSep 14, 2020

By Kent R. Kroeger (September 14, 2020)

The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Israel as of September 8, 2020. (Image by Hbf878)

If one were to pick a country best equipped to deal with the challenges of the coronavirus, one’s first choice might have been Israel.

This is a small-population country (8.9 million) that knows how to control the movement of people and commerce across and within its borders. In 2011, according to the United

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Kent Kroeger

I am a survey and statistical consultant with over 30 -years experience measuring and analyzing public opinion (You can contact me at: kroeger98@yahoo.com)