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From the minute covid-19 hit NYS my community has been under attack not just by random online anonymous comments but more seriously by the Mayor, Governor and influential 'public health experts' as well as many media personalities, these attacks escalated harshly during the…
…high holidays (October) we were tarnished for supposedly having high levels of covid in our communities even though if you looked at the numbers carefully and dug into testing patterns (antigen vs pcr) there were other neighborhoods and regions within NYS with higher %. It…
…was also clear to everyone that we were barely transporting anyone to the hospital and there were very few deaths.
Meanwhile in the 5 weeks since our Holiday season came to an end, the rest of NYS is suffering from rising rates and it's possible that we are in the midst of a second wave during which not a single Orthodox Jewish neighborhood is within a top 20 zip code as per the NY Times…
…coronavirus map (at this time), this info won't be surprising to those who actually track covid and work with covid patients, but it is probably a surprise to everyone else especially those who have spent the past months reading horrible things about us and unfortunately…
…believing those things. I am proud of my community. I'm proud of the heroic volunteer work that goes on within it that directly saved lives (which should be replicated nationwide).
I'm proud that we were the first to set up a system for plasma donation that is now being used in hospitals as well as in drug and vaccine development which will benefit people worldwide.
And I'm also proud of my community for advocating for safe school reopening's as well as our ability to think like rational humans and announce that no it isn't normal to keep outdoor playgrounds closed for months on end, ironically we now see many highly educated folk, some of…
…whom ran around snapping photos of orthodox Jews as if we are animals, these same people are now copying us in demanding physical schooling and the reopening of parks etc. Maybe it's time for a different track.
Maybe ask how my community is handling covid so well instead of mocking us? work with us to make covid less deadly for the rest of the USA /world. We have a lot of good info and best practices to share and we would do so happily just ask us.
