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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Today’s post for day 6 of National Immunization Awareness Month will be brief, since it is erev Shabbos.
Candy Land was invented in 1948 by 30-year old schoolteacher Eleanor Abbott who contracted polio. She recovered in the polio ward of a hospital - with dozens of children.
Many were in iron lungs, many were paralyzed, all were confined and isolated together.
And Eleanor, a teacher, created Candy Land for them, where children who could no longer move freely could dance their pawn along a colored, meandering, candy-strewn path.
It was an instant hit and Milton Berle purchased it in 1949. Abbott, of course, gave most of the royalties back to the children she spent her career with.
For day 4 of National Immunization Awareness month, I’m going to address the rumor that physicians get pharma/govt kickbacks for every vaccine they administer.
False.
But guess who DOES try to incentivize physicians to keep vaccine rates up?
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
GUESS WHY.
Because vaccines work!
And they’d rather cover $20 per vaccine than the medical bills you’ll run up when you get sick from a preventable disease!
Insurance companies know that vaccines work, and that they’re safe, and they’re PUTTING THEIR MONEY ON IT.
So, along with blood pressure control & smoking cessation, vaccination saves money - by keeping you healthy.
Imagine: unvaccinated patients are in the same category as people who smoke, are obese, or don’t manage chronic health conditions.
Rockland County Health Department is hosting vaccination clinics tomorrow and Monday.
1. @AgudahNews needs to make a statement encouraging all unvaccinated residents to vaccinate their children immediately and they need to hold a vaccine drive.
2. @themishpacha, @HamodiaUS, and other widely distributed publications need to endorse vaccinating to end this NOW. They need to use their resources in favor of ending a dangerous outbreak and even more dangerous chillul hashem ASAP.
Responsible journalism matters.
3. All frum Jews need to speak up.
You need to start holding your friends, family, and neighbors accountable for their poor decisions. Their health decisions affect you, and all of klal yisrael, make no mistake.