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- 49 new COVID19 cases in Lakewood totals 3226/199 via OCHD
-Excerpt From a letter sent by a Lakewood practice: There is no way to know how many cases of illness there are now, but we do know that cases are present throughout Lakewood and continue to increase on a daily basis. To be sure, the vast majority of these cases have occurred in "low-risk" people, and have been mostly mild, and have ranged from no symptoms at all to moderate illness (which means miserably sick in bed for a while). This week, however, there have been 5 hospitalizations of people in the high-risk category, with four cholim requiring oxygen and one admitted to the ICU. The major source of the spread of the illness during this outbreak was originally Simchos, where many people gather together from all over, with non-immune people in attendance who are not protecting themselves. The illness spreads rapidly in this type of environment. At this point, however, the illness now seems to be spreading everywhere...
- Chabad closes Oholei Torah yeshiva in CH after confirmed cases including at the Lubavitch Yeshiva in Morristown, NJ. T
- Several yeshivos and high schools closed after a few confirmed cases of covid. They will reassess after RH.
-NYS Police shut down the main Satmar shul in Kiyas Yoel stating there was social distancing or mask wearing was not being enforced. Photos posted online of the crowd by selichos made its way to the authorities. Plainly, this is very concerning," Dr. Irina Gelman, Orange County's health commissioner, said Monday after seeing the pictures. Gelman said the Health Department will discuss the gathering with the State Police, as it has done at other times during the COVID-19 pandemic "when incidents such as this have arisen."
- Chasdei Hashem A Lakewood resident returned home today after he was hospitalized with Coronavirus since the first wave hit. He was greeted with singing and dancing at his home.
-Badatz eidah Hacharedis of yerushalayim calls residents to protest on motzei Rosh Hashana against the lock-down imposed by the Israeli govt specificaly diring the yomim tovim to interfere with Releigious observance or Torah and mitzvos specificly during this time, whil the govt let everything else remain open until now.
-Bingo will have kaporos on Tzom Gedalya 2-7 pm for $3.99
-Ukraine tells Breslover chasidim it will not allow them to cross the border. “Ukraine has shut its borders to foreigners, and no exclusions will be made for the Hasidic pilgrims,” “It’s getting colder and we suggest that they come back to Belarus, buy tickets and go home.”. Israeli minister Elkin urged everyone to charter flights and go back to Israel for Rosh Hashana.
-Mashpia Reb Yoel Roth who was in Uman for Rosh Hashana returned from Uman back to Brooklyn yesterday to be with his talmidim who could not make it to Uman for Rosh Hashana
-Food distribution: by Gelbsteins 3:30 pm at Clifton Ave grade school 7 day box for kids 0-5 and 2 day weekend box for 1-18
-Other food vendors hope to start distribution next week
-Hundreds celebrate Mexican Independence dau in Lakewood with no social distancing
- Ocean County freeholder tells the board that Local COVID-19 cases are spiking with 71 in Lakewood out of 121 in the county
Can we take lunches for kids that are in a school that does not provide lunch?
ReplyDelete49 new cases. Hashem yerachem.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand this whole sugya.
ReplyDeleteI was in Lowe's and I see that those who are not 'Lakewood people' are also getting lax about their masks. So many people in Lakewood were ill before Pesach, yet we are still seeing an uptick. Outside of Lakewood, much less people were sick then, and they are not seeing an uptick.
What is going on over here?
There may be an uptick in cases, it's too early to tell if there is a trend.If there is one now, it is still mild without a lot of hospitalizations.
DeleteThere is heightened awareness about this in Lakewood, so people are likely quicker to test than in other places.
I spoke to someone who works at a large University in the Midwest. They tested everyone before opening, and then again weekly. They went from 70 cases to 170 cases in a week, but it did not seem like their was much if any hospitalizations. 6 months ago, they wouldn't have been tested, and wouldn't have even known they had it
More testing = more cases.
ReplyDeleteHad we had this kind of testing during March we would have had 1000s per day.
This is not a 2nd wave, it's a hiccup.
High risk people should stay out of danger but herd immunity is the only way out
Overall I am a skeptic about the extreme measures taken and whether benefits out way the risk. But I have always thought the argument that Covid may be seasonal was worth considering.
DeleteThere is a very real possibility that it is. the science as t why is unknown, the science as to why the Flu is still seasonal is also unknown, even though it definitely is.
What should have happened is that we should have been fully open in the summer when there were no cases, because of the possibility that it may come back in the fall.
Instead, we shut down the whole summer, and if Covid does come back, we are in a worse position to deal with it as a result. Until there is more clarification of whether their is a resurgence, I think reasonable precautions are warranted
With Covid spreading through Lakewood, why aren't the Rabbis ordering people not to go to their parents for Rosh Hashona and succos as they did before Pesach?
ReplyDeletePeople with common sense know to avoid infecting their parents without "Rabbis ordering". People without common sense will do what they want regardless of what any Rabbi says.
Deletemy parents who live in lakewood just got it.... mother is a nurse working in hospital and ha been around patients with covid. Just now she got it after attending a lakewood wedding where many people ended up with it. I got back in March from a lakewood wedding where almost all in attendance got it. I do think numbers are rising unfortunately and we will need to be cautious going forward. My mother just checked in to the hospital today. Shortness of breath. The symptoms that are actually serious
ReplyDeleteBecause the "askanim" aren't harassing the Rabbanim because the governor isn't harassing Lakewood, as it's no longer a Lakewood issue, like many believed in the beginning. Like the councilman from Jackson who wanted Lakewood to be shut in by the national guard. But BH the numbers spiked statewide and they realized how stupid they were.
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