The Yated has to make a tough decision each week: Which Gadol who passed away from COVID this week makes the front page? COVID is ripping through our community again. Many still believe it’s a hoax. I know, I don’t get it either.
Are the deaths in our community at the same level they were last spring? Not at all. Yes, people are still unfortunately dying but its still not the same as it was then. And no, I'm not waiting for it to ch"v be and I hope neither is anyone else.
Because of the lack of testing when we were first hit we will never really know just with how much vengeance we were hit with back then. But its so possible that the number of cases in our community should be multiplied many times over than the actual recorded count.
Of course you can prove things with data, you just can’t force people to accept reality. In the words of Ed Koch: I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.
I meant data showing how many positive ppl attended each wedding or go to shul, how many with antibodies, how many got infected directly, how many indirectly, etc. I don't think we have that kind of data...