Former MK Moshe Feiglin, who is currently running for the Likud primaries, told KAN Radio on Tuesday morning that anyone under 30 years old should avoid the coronavirus vaccine “like fire.” “We are horrified by the shtuyot (nonsense) that were said by someone with no understanding or knowledge on the topic,” the Health Ministry tweeted in response.
“It’s unfortunate that a man without any professional backing is handing out suggestions based on knee-jerk instincts or delusions while going directly against existing medical knowledge and international studies on the subject, not to mention the instructions of every international organization.”
Feiglin in the interview called the vaccines “shots,” adding that he himself never got vaccinated against the virus. He said that he thought that the first shipment of vaccines was justified, as it was for at-risk groups, but that “the Health Ministry forcing little kids” to get vaccinated is a “heinous act.”