Quotes in a signature is annoying, as it comes across as an independent post.
New statement from the Moetzes and Torah Umesorah
"Hey, Joe, time to close the doors?" "Lemme check. Nope, still one horse here. Oh, wait, he's gone. Clear to close, Jim!"
"The perception of our communities' laxity in compliance..."L.O.L.
Well, that is one place where I do think that it should not be spelled out... They represent Yidden all over and have to be careful. Even though, we all know...
Are we long enough into this "wave" to say that it's a ripple and barely that? I mean, you need to be able to compare it to the first wave.
Ha. No.
3 weeks into the first wave, at least half of the frum area had covid and people were dying from covid, dozens per day in the metro.
When do you think the first wave started?
Only isolated cases till a few days after Purim. The seeds were likely there before Purim and the insane mingling and shuls and schools remaining open for those 2 weeks, spread it to everywhere.
There were almost certainly thousands of positives before Purim.
How many people do you know that were actually sick then? It doesn't go without it. Covid means half the people who have it are sick. Unless you only give an extra few days that you are counting. On that I can agree.
How many people would shrug off Covid as a bad cold or the flu if they didn't know better, especially in Jan/Feb?
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/when-did-covid-hit-earliest-death/