Corona virus and your shul

[moko]

for mincha? its not hard, for shachris on shabbos you suffocate

hundreds (thousands ?) Of people doing just that 3 times a day. Not that difficult. No one's insisting on a (k)n95. Just a regular cloth or surgical mask suffices.

[Jerseysteve]

Can anyone please explain why it would be so hard to put in a mask when davening indoors?

I guess it depends on each person, I know many who are planning on staying in an outside minyan that allows after proper social distancing one does not have to wear a mask at their place, then to come inside until it safe to w/o a mask.
Personally I find it difficult to wear one properly more than 15 minutes.

[avromie7]

Can anyone please explain why it would be so hard to put in a mask when davening indoors?

I have a hard enough time wearing in stores, I usually open it up to get a few breaths in every few minutes when no one is around.

[yelped]

I guess it depends on each person, I know many who are planning on staying in an outside minyan that allows after proper social distancing one does not have to wear a mask at their place, then to come inside until it safe to w/o a mask.
Personally I find it difficult to wear one properly more than 15 minutes.

I agree. I would stay at an outdoor minyan without a mask if that was still an option in my neighborhood.

[mochjas]

for mincha? its not hard, for shachris on shabbos you suffocate

i had my mask on from 6 AM to 11:30 and read the Torah for 3 minyanim one after another this week and did not come close to suffocating. And you can wear a 3 ply mask that won’t bother you at all

[moko]

Think about all the healthcare workers and food service workers who have to wear a mask all day long. (Ye, some of them cheat but many don't)

[ExGingi]

i had my mask on from 6 AM to 11:30 and read the Torah for 3 minyanim one after another this week and did not come close to suffocating. And you can wear a 3 ply mask that won’t bother you at all

Not all people are created equal (as in having identical anatomy), and not all masks are created equal.

[mochjas]

Not all people are created equal (as in having identical anatomy), and not all masks are created equal.

so they can use the 3 ply.

[ExGingi]

so they can use the 3 ply.

 

[avromie7]

so they can use the 3 ply.

I'm taking about 3 ply

I have a hard enough time wearing in stores, I usually open it up to get a few breaths in every few minutes when no one is around.

[ari3]

*aren't using common sense. I think he does mean that

Shuls have been open for about three to four weeks or longer depending on location including shavuos. There has not been an uptick in cases. One may argue that common sense dictates a mask is no longer necessary.

[aygart]

There has not been an uptick in cases.

#Fakenews

Regarding what common sense dictates, yes there is much to debate.

[aygart]

Think about all the healthcare workers and food service workers who have to wear a mask all day long. (Ye, some of them cheat but many don't)

I can tell you that the masks they give out in CHOP are a whole different breed from the 3-ply masks being sold. They are thicker but also hold their structure better. They also don't feel like they are pulling your ear off.

[ExGingi]

I can tell you that the masks they give out in CHOP are a whole different breed from the 3-ply masks being sold. They are thicker but also hold their structure better. They also don't feel like they are pulling your ear off.

Exactly. Which is why I think (even though I'd usually advocate for the free market to reign) that the government should be supplying masks (as they do in Singapore). If I had a choice in the store and was able to try on several masks before I buy (and if the price wouldn't be a total ripoff), I would say let's buy them on the free market. But when all I can do is buy whatever is being sold, without the ability to choose the quality, and at ripoff prices. I'd rather keep my distancing, and wear a mask only when absolutely required (i.e. whenever I have no other option).

[613Ari]

When I walked to shul this morning at like 8:30-9:00, everything was very quiet, no cars no ppl, is it like this everywhere, or just where I live (Flatbush)

[EliJelly]

When I walked to shul this morning at like 8:30-9:00, everything was very quiet, no cars no ppl, is it like this everywhere, or just where I live (Flatbush)

Didn't you just write this?

Life is (resuming to) normal in boro park and Williamsburg like it was pre Corona.

[613Ari]

Yes, this morning, that's my problem/ question??
It's crazy how boro park and Flatbush which are mere miles apart, are now world's apart, and even in shul, everyone's distancing and masks!! But in bp is like a reg day pre Corona, bh!!!

[Euclid]

Yes, this morning, that's my problem/ question??
It's crazy how boro park and Flatbush which are mere miles apart, are now world's apart, and even in shul, everyone's distancing and masks!! But in bp is like a reg day pre Corona, bh!!!

Can you explain your apparent glee?

[aygart]

Can you explain your apparent glee?

prikas ol

[biobook]

Yes, this morning, that's my problem/ question??
It's crazy how boro park and Flatbush which are mere miles apart, are now world's apart, and even in shul, everyone's distancing and masks!! But in bp is like a reg day pre Corona, bh!!!

Do you have any insight into WHY people in those two neighborhoods might be acting differently?