The current state of COVID-19 in Israel

[PlatinumGuy]

Will they get Moderna vaccine by then?

I saw a report that Moderna won't come until March, hopefully Pfizer will allocate more for Israel, it's not like other countries are working too hard to use their existing stock.

What's the צריך לעשות בדיקה מיידית? Will they offer PCR in the airport?

Yes they have been offering that already.

[Kabrams1618]

Has anyone on maccabbi gotten the vaccine at teddy stadium in jerusalem.  Is it only drive in?
Is it fast or a long wait with appointment?

[PlatinumGuy]

https://twitter.com/bokeralmog/status/1343987972534886404?s=21

First vaccines thrown out in Israel.

[Ergel]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1-in-132-israeli-ultra-orthodox-adults-over-65-has-died-of-covid-19/

[PlatinumGuy]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/1-in-132-israeli-ultra-orthodox-adults-over-65-has-died-of-covid-19/

4x the ratio of non Religious Israeli Jews.
בושה תכסה ארץ

[ExGingi]

4x the ratio of non Religious Israeli Jews.
בושה תכסה ארץ

What’s the birth rate multiple?
What’s the housing density multiple?

[PlatinumGuy]

What’s the birth rate multiple?

Why is that related? More young people = higher risk for the old people?

What’s the housing density multiple?

That's a fair point but impossible to quantify.

[ExGingi]

Why is that related? More young people = higher risk for the old people?
That's a fair point but impossible to quantify.

But בושה could be quantified? (Or magnified?).

Whose בושה is this?

[PlatinumGuy]

But בושה could be quantified? (Or magnified?).

Whose בושה is this?

https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1909289/wheres-our-shame-frum-jews-skirt-health-laws-as-non-jews-look-on-rav-asher-weiss-speaks-out.html

[ExGingi]

https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1909289/wheres-our-shame-frum-jews-skirt-health-laws-as-non-jews-look-on-rav-asher-weiss-speaks-out.html

From my distant vantage point it seems to me that with some exceptions the frum communities are stricter in adhering to health guidelines that the general population.

Urging people to be strict and careful is commendable, I am not so sure about saying anything with a negative connotation about other Jews.

[PlatinumGuy]

From my distant vantage point it seems to me that with some exceptions the frum communities are stricter in adhering to health guidelines that the general population.

You can't be serious

[ExGingi]

You can't be serious

Did you see images of the Ger protest?

Contrast that with images from the black flag protests.

Twitter is full of images and videos showing non-compliance in the general population.

[PlatinumGuy]

Did you see images of the Ger protest?

Contrast that with images from the black flag protests.

Twitter is full of images and videos showing non-compliance in the general population.

Ger that is the outlier and strictest sect in Israel, and still infected thousands of people in ill conceived capsules with shared air over Yomim Noraim?

Outdoor protests can't be super spreader gatherings and aren't a big driver of infection.

The black flags movement is a tiny percentage of non religious Jews. Virtually every single Religious Jew is either attending minyan indoors or sending their family to schools that were open against prevailing laws.

[m65]

Why is that related? More young people = higher risk for the old people?

forsure, if the non religious guy has all of his 2.5 grandchildren visit him, he multiplied his risk of dying by 2.5
if the religious guy sees 1/3 of his 30 grandchildren he multiplies his risk of dying by 10

[m65]

You can't be serious

its true.
ive been around to both sectors, and the chareidi population was taking this way more serious

[ExGingi]

its true.
ive been around to both sectors, and the chareidi population was taking this way more serious

Maybe some people neet to get out more.

[PlatinumGuy]

Maybe some people neet to get out more.

Says the guy who posted here countless times how his community doesn't need to wear masks and doesn't need to socially distance, yet insists his community is more obedient to public health directives even when presented with the evidence of a 4x death rate.

[ExGingi]

Says the guy who posted here countless times how his community doesn't need to wear masks and doesn't need to socially distance, yet insists his community is more obedient to public health directives even when presented with the evidence of a 4x death rate.

Whoa. Talk about twisting words, conflating statements, and putting words in people's mouths...

[aygart]

Says the guy who posted here countless times how his community doesn't need to wear masks and doesn't need to socially distance, yet insists his community is more obedient to public health directives even when presented with the evidence of a 4x death rate.

In Israel?

[PlatinumGuy]

In Israel?

The prevailing frum attitude is similar in Brooklyn, Lakewood, and Bnei Brak, yes.