THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16—Friday, September 11, 1970 Israel Vetoes Mass Inoculations for Cholera inoculated can still be a carrier JERUSALEM (JTA)—The direc- Britain's Capt. Townsend tor of Israel's public health serv- of the disease without develop- ing symptoms and in that re- ices, Dr. David Berachott, ex- Terms Israeli Fighter spect mass inoculations would plained to the Jewish 'Fblegraphic Pilots Best in World make it almost impossible for Agency that there are cogent LIVERPOOL (JTA) — Israel's medical reasons why the govern- health authorities to trace the I fighter pilots are "superbly train- ment has not ordered mass inocu- source of the disease and elim- ! ed," "immensely efficient" "prob- lations in view of the rising inci- inate it. ably the best fighter pilots in the dence of cholera cases in the coun- Itzhak Raphael, leader of the world today," according to Capt. try. Mizrachi (Orthodox) faction in the Peter Townsend, a British fighter He said the government's policy Knesset has been critical of the pilot who fought in the battle of has been endorsed by the World government's handling of the mat- Britain in World War II. Health Organization in Geneva ter. He has collected 22 signatures Capt. Townsend's assessment with which Israel is in constant from Knesset members calling for was made in an interview publish. communication on the subject. a special session of parliament to discuss the cholera outbreak. Two new cholera cases were ed in the Liverpool Post in con- nection with a review of his book, diagnosed Sept. 3—one a Jewish Thirty signatures are needed. The health ministry has launch- "Duel of Eagles," an account of boy from Jerusalem and the how the RAF defeated the Nazi ether an Arab woman from a ed a nationwide sanitation cam- Luftwaffe 30 years ago. nearby refugee camp. paign. School kitchens have been Ile said his most recent flight There have been some questions disinfected and the ministry issues in a fighter plane was in Israel raised as to why there have been daily hygiene bulletins. Although there has been no pro- a few months ago. "I was re- no mass inoculations, particular- minded that the days of aerial ly of Israel's 800,000 grade school gram of mass inoculations for the dogfight are not over. Remem- and high school students who re- more than 800.000 Israeli youngs- ber, during the Six-Day War. turned to classes Sept. 2. One ters who returned to closses, Is- out of 106 Arab aircraft down- Knesset member has accused the rael, however, is inoculating all the country ed, 84 were shot down by Israeli travelers leaving health ministry of being remiss. planes, not by missile fire," he Dr. Berachott said mass inocula- whether or not their country r:f said. tions would be administered only destination requests it. According to Capt. Townsend, Israeli pilots do not conform to the image of easy-going informality that characterizes the rest of Is- rael's armed forces. "They are very uniform conscious," he said. "They are highly technical in their if an epidemic threatened. Israeli health authorities are convinced this cannot happen because of the country's very high standards of hygiene, the doctor said. He ex- plained that cholera is communic- able only through the intake of approach. The romantic side of it water or food polluted by contact all is absent." with the excrement of cholera patients. Furthermore, according to Dr. Berachott, modern medical treat- ment invariably effects a complete cure if begun at an e.,tly stage of the disease. He said Israel's ore cholera fatality so far, a 7-year- old Arab girl, was already near death when she was brought to a hospital for treatment. Dr. Berachott said that inocu- lations are only 50 per cent effec- tive as a preventive and retain their effects for only a few mcnths. 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