It pains me to write this, and I do so with no joy, but we must once again take Covid-19 seriously. I know, you’re probably rolling your eyes, but hear me out, please.
For the last few months, Covid-19 cases nationally have been slowly but surely ticking up. More recently, Covid hospitalizations have seen a huge increase, including a 12% increase just last week. While it’s true that Covid generally doesn’t leave a lasting impact on or kill healthy people who are not elderly, we cannot forget the elderly and infirm.
Did you know that since June, 500-600 people died every week from Covid? Of course you didn’t, because nobody really wants to accept the reality that the virus is still here in all its mutated forms.
We have a lot of elderly people in our community. They are the most vulnerable to this awful, dreaded virus, and we need to protect them. For my part, I stay indoors as much as possible because I don’t want to spread any virus that I might have on me – even if I’m feeling fine.
When I do go out, I put on a mask when stepping into a building. Why isn’t anyone else? Do we not realize that we’re spreading this constantly?
It is very concerning to me that an am whose hallmark is being rachamanim bnei rachamanim would pay no heed to the reality we face and would instead rather bury its collective head in the sand like a frightened ostrich.
The real solution would be to truly lock down for two weeks – not like the early days of the pandemic, but a real, actual lockdown. This would get rid of the virus once and for all. But it won’t happen because there are too many conspiracy theorists out there that think it means the government is controlling us.
So instead, I at least urge you: wear a mask. Isolate if you get sick. Be mindful around people. GET VACCINATED!!! So few people are up-to-date on their vaccines, and it’s truly terrible.
If you won’t do it for you, do it for your Bubby and Zaidy, and all the other grandparents who still want to hold and hug their grandkids.
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Stop spreading conspiracy theories and take your head out of your…
The mask never did or will help !! The mask The mask The mask The mask !!
JUST STOP!!
How many people died from the flu this year and car accidents?? Do you not drive a car??
HaHaHa!! Terrific Job!! for a second I thought the writer was serious! Thanks for the laughs I really needed it.
Yeah especially the part about the lockdown. I almost fell off my chair from laughter.
If it didint work before and covid is still around then what a brilliant method to repeat ……….you think???
You can’t be serious!! I mean this letter has to be a joke. But it’s not Purim time so that leaves scratching my head. Are you really advocating another lockdown? And masks? And vaccines? Even the government gave up. I mean unless we can get another stimulus check out of it…
The COVID-19 vaccine did not and does not prevent transmission of this virus. Masks did not and do not prevent transmission. The best protection is herd immunity, when many people experience this mild form of the virus ( a head cold) and produce antibodies against it. Then the virus dies out. The original poster is most at risk from isolating himself indoors.
Respectfully,
Do you seriously believe the Vaccine will do anything? Please do your research. It doesn’t do enough to justify the risk of it’s side effects.
Do you seriously think everyone in the world should wear a mask for everyone else, while most masks don’t either do anything, in this hot weather? Please be realistic. The vulnerable need to be very careful, but you can’t expect the majority of people to need to bend themselves backwards for the vulnerable. None of what you suggested will actually stop the virus from spreading, just very very minimally slow the spread. Not enough for this to make actual sense.
Only those who vaccinated are getting sick.
All those who did NOT vaccinate have nothing to worry about. Especially those who did NOT die even though they did not vaccinate.
We need the lying Faucci back. Before he gets locked up for lying to congress maybe he can give us a few more months of his exerpert advice. Do we need to wear one mask, two masks or no masks. Do we stay in doors don’t stay in doors or stay a lite bit and a little bit out. Bring him out of retirement!
Thank you for your heartfelt caring letter written to the entire community for each person’s concern and health.
Today we are all facing a serious issue called FACING REALITY and instead we are living in denial thinking we can fool Hashem that we don’t get Hashems wake up call for serious Teshuva and Achdus together ASAP and then we all wonder why there’s so much non stop horrific tragedies hitting klal yisroel Rachmana Litzlan with a worldwide SHIDDUCH CRISES etc….
THE SHOCKING MESSAGE DIRECTLY FROM HASHEM RELATING TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC MAGEIFA
Every tragedy has a wake up call message directly from Hashem that your not going to find in any sefer in the world or read in any newspaper from a Gadol Hador or speaker saying about the tragedy. What is the shocking message of the Coronavirus Pandemic-that shut down the entire world starting January 2020-that has already killed millions of innocent lives of all ages, with thousands of them being Yidden Rachmana Litzlan? what does Coronavirus mean? Kara-Na-Aveiros,, call out to your aveiros-my loving children klal yisroel-to wake up & do teshuva. But the message from Hashem doesn’t end there, what’s the other name for Coronavirus that everyone calls it? i forgot, Covid, what does that mean? what does Covid/Honor do to a person? what does it say in Pirkei Avos? it removes a person from the world, & that’s exactly what Covid is doing right now, its removing millions of people from the world thousands of them Yidden Rachmana Litzlan as we are still in the midst of this terrible mageifa effecting the ENTIRE world. Let us all ask ourselves who made it be called these crazy names? Dr. Fauci in the White House? where does it come from? the dictionary? is this just coincidence or is it a straight sign & direct message from Hashem that its time for all of klal yisroel to wake up & do teshuva? you think about this.
May we all wake up immediately and FACE REALITY and accept Hashems wake up call for serious Teshuva and Achdus together ASAP so Hashem can send Mashiach already bkarov.
Guys its obviously a joke calm down
Seems like Elul is the new Adar……..