Because of @yuneeq I personally influenced the owner of a very large school in Lakewood to shut down 2 full days before the whole of Lakewood followed suit despite very heavy pushback from his staff. There are currently two teachers from the school battling corona, one on a ventilator and one at home, but each of those is a Rav and probably contracted it in that position.
Other than that, the school has largely been spared what most schools in Lakewood are going through as far as staff with corona. I’m not saying it’s everything but the difference between being closed Monday or Wednesday after Purim probably played the role in much more than a handful of deaths in Lakewood thus far.
Of course, on a family level, I have kept my entire family including my semi-elderly in-laws and high-risk parent on their toes a lot earlier and a lot more serious than they would have been if they would have stuck around waiting for Lakewood to wake up.
It’s not an exaggeration at all. This forum DID save lives. BH! Thanks @yuneeq for keeping us on our toes!
Agreed... My mother is keh 60 . She was at first beffudled and offended
I was like mom, look, you're 60, my father is 62. (back in the beginning they were saying 65)
But my grandmother lives with them and 90+. I went from rational pleading to morbididity.
I basically said once, fine.. either allow me to order everything online or tell me when bubby levaya is.
I'm not proud. I have to respect my parents... But I couldn't allow that to happen.
It's funny too, like the instacart order I made from Costco, my mother says "can You add two cases of water" So I checked and I was able to add them and then the next day we get two orders delivered basically the exact same order except one had water and one did not from two different drivers
My mom was like oh well we have lots of apples and bananas.
I know I need to ask my parents for mechila and I will. But I don't regret what I did.
I keep saying, it's a once in a hundred years pandemic. All you need to do is be safe for a couple of months if even most likely just a couple weeks...
Hashem said to Adam, wait a couple of hours .. you know what happened in the end?!