Lakewood covid cases

[AsherO]

Update on the stillborn talk: no confirmation from the doctor I spoke to, they said that they haven't heard about the stillborns ("hearsay at this point"); but they do know that there's been a 3x miscarriage rate - however the OB they spoke to doesn't have the positive tests to prove the correlation between covid and this spike of miscarriages.

@Lurker

If it’s a lingering effect of COVID that would be even harder to ascertain.

[yelped]

COVID doesn't exist on TLS.

Reality doesn't exist on TLS.

[Traveler718]

Reality doesn't exist on TLS.

Maybe that indeed is the Lakewood scoop.

[NTorch]

Arutz Sheva reporting

Haredi Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey, are curtailing Purim festivities because of COVID-19.

For the first time in 80 years, Beth Medrash Govoha, the yeshiva at the center of the township’s 70,000-strong Orthodox community, won’t host festivities surrounding the holiday, the Asbury Park Press reports.

The community saw a surge in COVID-19 cases after last year’s celebrations, which came in the early days of the pandemic, before widespread school closures, crowd restrictions and stay-at-home orders were put in place.

Ocean County health authorities have reported 11,369 COVID-19 cases in Lakewood since the start of the pandemic among the 747,000 statewide. At least 268 township residents have died.


“The biggest statement possible is that we’re not scheduling any celebrations” at the yeshiva, Rabbi Aaron Kotler, the yeshiva’s CEO and president, said. “The physicians and the rabbis and community activists continue to caution folks to be extremely careful on whatever activities are taking place or being done in a far more careful fashion.”

Last week, Agudath Israel of America, the haredi Orthodox umbrella group, issued Purim guidelines advising against large gatherings — including group meals and parties — “even with appropriate precautions.” The public readings of the Book of Esther, the centerpiece of the holiday, should be held “without dangerous overcrowding,” the guidelines say.

“It is critical to remind ourselves that the eyes of the world are upon us, and will likely be watching us closely this Purim,” according to the statement. “Acting appropriately in public is always important; how much more so this Purim.”

Purim begins at sunset on Feb. 25 in most locations and after Shabbat on February 27 in Jerusalem and a few other places in Israel.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/296951

[Baruch]

Update on the stillborn talk: no confirmation from the doctor I spoke to, they said that they haven't heard about the stillborns ("hearsay at this point"); but they do know that there's been a 3x miscarriage rate - however the OB they spoke to doesn't have the positive tests to prove the correlation between covid and this spike of miscarriages.

@Lurker

Perhaps someone should ask the chevra kadisha, they would definitely know, both miscarriage and stillborn numbers

[YitzyS]

Arutz Sheva reporting

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/296951

Seems almost identical in structure to this:

https://www.app.com/story/news/health/2021/02/15/lakewood-canceling-purim-festivities-over-covid-fears/4451152001/

[yuneeq]

Update on the stillborn talk: no confirmation from the doctor I spoke to, they said that they haven't heard about the stillborns ("hearsay at this point"); but they do know that there's been a 3x miscarriage rate - however the OB they spoke to doesn't have the positive tests to prove the correlation between covid and this spike of miscarriages.

@Lurker

No confirmation is a confirmation to the negative. At least in regards to the possibility of 40 stillborns (or anywhere near it).

[Euclid]

No confirmation is a confirmation to the negative. At least in regards to the possibility of 40 stillborns (or anywhere near it).

Amen. Let's hope

[Baruch]

My baby's morah called tonight she has Covid, my toddlers Morah called tonight - her and her assistant have Covid. My sister tested positive this morning.

 Hide your kids, hide your wife.

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[coffeebean]

My baby's morah called tonight she has Covid, my toddlers Morah called tonight - her and her assistant have Covid. My sister tested positive this morning.

 Hide your kids, hide your wife.

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Boggles my mind how so many people still didn't get it with no precautions.

[PlatinumGuy]

no precautions.

By and large positive people are isolating, that's a massive precaution right there.

[YitzyS]

My baby's morah called tonight she has Covid, my toddlers Morah called tonight - her and her assistant have Covid. My sister tested positive this morning.

 Hide your kids, hide your wife.

&ab_channel=CrazyLaughAction

Why would you post the 'original version' if you could post the remix instead?

[Lurker]

Boggles my mind how so many people still didn't get it with no precautions.

The same way people can go their entire lives without getting STDs or IV drug related diseases, despite no precautions. You need to come in contact with the disease in order to catch it.

[AsherO]

Boggles my mind how so many people still didn't get it with no precautions.

“everyone had it already” is the biggest misnomer here. I think local doctors who release statements like “over 70% of our community was infected or exposed” are partially responsible for this mindset.

[Euclid]

Boggles my mind how so many people still didn't get it with no precautions.

Boggles my mind how so many people still don't get it with no precautions.

[ckmk47]

“everyone had it already” is the biggest misnomer here. I think local doctors who release statements like “over 70% of our community was infected or exposed” are partially responsible for this mindset.

With a population of 100,000 in Lakewood, if 75,000 people had it, that leaves 25,000 who didn't.
That's still a lot who can get sick, some of whom are at high risk for getting very sick if they get covid.
Those people have to take precautions.

[Euclid]

https://firstamendmentactivist.blogspot.com/2021/02/late-term-miscarriages-in-lakewodd-have.html

(Can't vouch for reliability )

[Ergel]

https://firstamendmentactivist.blogspot.com/2021/02/late-term-miscarriages-in-lakewodd-have.html

(Can't vouch for reliability )

Dude, firstamendmentactivist gets their news from DDF.

[Jellybelly]

“everyone had it already” is the biggest misnomer here. I think local doctors who release statements like “over 70% of our community was infected or exposed” are partially responsible for this mindset.

Without the spread from chasunas we probably would’ve had immunity or atleast close enough to it

[PlatinumGuy]

Without the spread from chasunas we probably would’ve had immunity or atleast close enough to it

And without the spread from travel it would've stayed in China