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Monday, March 30, 2020
Coronavirus NJ: Rabbis call for low-key Passover with no public celebrations, no travel
https://www.app.com/story/life/faith/2020/03/23/coronavirus-lakewood-rabbis-issue-new-guidelines-observe-passover/2900792001/
LAKEWOOD
- Rabbinic leaders from different Jewish Orthodox organizations,
spurred by coronavirus fears, are calling for a low-key Passover
(Pesach) that is devoid of public celebrations and long on social
distancing.
"We are urging our
communities to remain at home and avoid, to the maximum extent feasible,
any outside interactions," the religious leaders said in a statement.
"Our responsibility is to refrain from any nonessential outside
interactions, including
The statement was signed by Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zweibel,
executive vice president, Agudath Israel of America; Rabbi Mendy
Mirocznick, executive vice president, (Igud HaRabbanim) Rabbinical
Alliance of America; Rabbi Shmuel Blech, chairman, and Rabbi Moshe Chaim
Weisberg, co-chair, The Lakewood Vaad, among others.
Israel must turn to herd immunity to combat coronavirus
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1BMnA6UL
Opinion: The elderly and those with health problems must be isolated while the young, who will likely experience only mild symptoms, should be back at work even if they were infected with COVID-19 in order to make the population immune to the virus
Israeli doctors demand health minister be replaced by professional
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1TBUbCL8
In an open letter Netanyahu and Gantz, doctors lament years of neglect that left the country's health care system at its lowest point during the time of coronavirus outbreak; sources say there are no plans to replace Litzman in the next government
Donald Trump: Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/mar/25/donald-trump/donald-trump-misses-key-facts-claim-new-york-gover/
Our ruling
Trump said Cuomo "rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in
2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and
lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000
ventilators at a very low price and he turned it down."
A 2015 state report said that in the case of a "severe" pandemic, the
state would be short about 16,000 ventilators during peak week. But the
report did not recommend buying 16,000 ventilators, and did not
indicate whether the state was at a fiscal position to purchase them.
The state did not plan to increase its stockpile because it
anticipated that in the event of a severe crisis, there would be
shortage of trained staff to operate them and demand would outweigh any
emergency stockpile. The report said the state had to balance the likely
ventilator shortage with the need for adequate funding for current and
ongoing health care expenses.
The report issued guidelines on ventilator allocation if there
weren’t enough for everyone and suggested that hospitals designate a
triage officer or committee. It explored a lottery system, but did not
recommend it as the primary option. Cuomo did not establish one.
Trump’s statement is inaccurate. We rate it False.
Society – importance
Berachos 58a): . Ben
Zoma once saw a crowd on one of the steps of the Temple Mount. He said, Blessed
is He that discerneth secrets, and blessed is He who has created all these to
serve me. [For] he used to say: What labours Adam had to carry out before he
obtained bread to eat! He ploughed, he sowed, he reaped, he bound [the
sheaves], he threshed and winnowed and selected the ears, he ground [them], and
sifted [the flour], he kneaded and baked, and then at last he ate; whereas I
get up, and find all these things done for me. And how many labours Adam had to
carry out before he obtained a garment to wear! He had to shear, wash [the
wool], comb it, spin it and weave it, and then at last he obtained a garment to
wear; whereas I get up and find all these things done for me. All kinds of
craftsmen5 come early to the door of my house, and I rise in the morning and
find all these before me
הוראות גדולי ישראל: האם מותר לקיים מנייני תפילה בחוץ?
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מרנן הגר"ח קנייבסקי, הגר"ג אדלשטיין, הגר"ש כהן והגר"ש בעדני - אסרו על תושבי בני ברק לקיים מנייני תפילה ברחוב, הגר"ג אדלשטיין הוסיף כי הוראתו זו - לכל הארץ. ומה דעת יתר הרבנים?
FACT CHECK: N.Y. Governor Slams Trump Ventilator Claim As 'Ignorant' And 'Uninformed'
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/27/822998602/fact-check-n-y-governor-slams-trump-ventilator-claim-as-ignorant-and-uninformed
President Trump claimed during Friday's White House coronavirus
briefing that the federal government shipped droves of ventilators to
New York. What did New York officials do in response? According to
Trump, they ignored the new supply and instead attacked the White House
for not doing more to assist the state.
"We sent thousands of
ventilators to New York, and they didn't know about it at the time they
were complaining," Trump said. "They were going there in large numbers."
An aghast New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had this reply to Trump's accusation: "That is incorrect and grossly uninformed."
President Trump Extends Federal Social Distancing Guidelines Until End of April
https://time.com/5812313/trump-extending-social-distancing-guidelines-coronavirus/
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would extend national social distancing guidelines until April 30. They were otherwise set to expire Monday.
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