Make no mistake, what is about to happen in the ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn will be catastrophic. School closures, business closures, synagogue closures and fines to everyone will rock the community and pain them - WITHOUT FIXING THE PROBLEM.
I am all for punitive responses and mandates and fines, but only after an effective, community-centered approach towards education and participation. This has not happened. This hasn’t even pretended to happen.
Instead, clueless methods to improve mask wearing and social distancing were implemented - 2 days ago - and now there are threads to attack the community from all sides by early next week. 3/
If the mayors office wants to find the Orthodox providers who care deeply about their communities, they know where to find us. This isn’t our first rodeo; many of us dealt with skepticism + ignorance during the measles outbreak in 2019.
Instead of practical steps, City Hall is talking big and doing nothing - and all but ensuring that this community will feel hated on, picked on, and will never trust guidance from them again.
Nice work 👌🏽
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