Monday, April 6, 2020
PM: Israel in lockdown for Passover holy days, confined to homes on Seder night
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Hyd3ogtwU
The prime minister said the nationwide lockdown would last from 4 pm Tuesday until 7 am Friday. The curfew will last from 6 pm Wednesday until 7 am Thursday,m during which time people would be confined to their homes.
Don't scapegoat the haredim for the coronavirus crisis
https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Dont-scapegoat-the-haredim-for-the-coronavirus-crisis-623813
Pictures of haredim holding large weddings after the government prohibited gathering of more than 10 people are maddening, But so, too, were photos of crowded Tel Aviv beaches.
Thousands of NY COVID patients are being treated with anti-malarial drug
https://nypost.com/2020/04/05/ny-coronavirus-patients-being-treated-with-anti-malarial-drug/
I n terms of the NYU clinical trial regarding prevention, researchers are enrolling 2,000 adult volunteers at six sites.
They are recruiting people who lack any COVID-19 symptoms but have
been in close contact with others who have a confirmed or pending
diagnosis.
On a random basis, the trial participants will receive either
hydroxychloroquine or a placebo pill — vitamin C — every day for two
weeks.
Trump grilled over continued promotion of hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus – video
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2020/apr/06/trump-grilled-over-continued-promotion-of-hydroxychloroquine-to-treat-coronavirus-video
US president Donald Trump has again urged Americans to try the drug
hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus. Though the drug has not
undergone tests to prove its effectiveness in treating the virus, Trump
has continued to advocate for it, telling reporters: ‘What do you have
to lose?’ Dr Anthony Fauci, the top doctor on infectious diseases in the
US and a key member of the White House task force, told CBS Face the
Nation program there was nothing to suggest the medicine had any benefit
against coronavirus. ‘The data are really just at best suggestive.
There have been cases that show there may be an effect and there are
others to show there’s no effect’. When asked at the daily press
briefing, Trump refused to allow Dr Fauci to answer questions about the
drug’s effectiveness
How Bill de Blasio Failed New York City
Much has been wanting about Trump’s response to the outbreak. But de
Blasio’s fulminations against Trump are clearly meant to divert from his
own failures of leadership. De Blasio equivocated on obvious measures
like closing schools. He could not even bring himself to close the
city’s playgrounds. When these were finally shuttered, it was by decree
of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. De Blasio went along with the plan
reluctantly—“I respect that,” he said of the decision—like a child being
dragged to the dentist by his determined dad. On WYNC on Friday,
he said researchers had only discovered “in the last 48 hours” that
asymptomatic people can spread the disease. If Trump made the same
preposterous claim, there would be howling calls for impeachment,
renewed questions about his state of mind. Public-health professionals
have known for months how the coronavirus spreads and who can do the
spreading. If de Blasio didn't know, the fault is fully his own.
ZAKA head: Ultra-Orthodox ‘completely confused’ by virus, looking for leadership
https://www.timesofisrael.com/zaka-head-ultra-orthodox-completely-confused-by-virus-looking-for-leadership/
The head of the ZAKA voluntary emergency organization, which has been
helping implement restrictions in ultra-Orthodox communities in order
to halt the spread of the coronavirus, said Sunday that there is vast
confusion among Israel’s Haredim about the pandemic, and a growing sense
of disappointment among the community that their leadership has failed
them.
After Trump Bans All N95 Mask Exports, Canadians Remind U.S. That They Helped Americans After 9/11
https://time.com/5816072/canada-n95-mask-ban-reaction/
Canadians across the country expressed hurt and disappointment that
their neighbor and longstanding ally is blocking shipments of the masks
from the United States to ensure they are available in the U.S. during
the coronavirus pandemic. Canadian health care workers — like those in
the U.S. — are in dire need of the masks that provide more protection
against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Black hat hackers: 6 things to know for April 6
https://www.timesofisrael.com/black-hat-hackers-6-things-to-know-for-april-6/
Netanyahu reportedly waffles on expanding closures to additional Haredi towns and neighborhoods as ultra-Orthodox ministers accuse him of singling out their community
Jared Kushner's spine-chilling new role
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/03/opinions/jared-kushners-spine-chilling-new-role-ghitis/index.html
Kushner's translucent presence -- his
affect, bereft of even the slightest hint of empathy, in perfect
synchrony with his callous words -- was a spectacle suitable for our
nightmarish times.
Now we know why Trump has put him in charge of so many intractable problems. Kushner is afflicted by a superabundance of unwarranted self-confidence. He is an introverted Trump; arrogance without flamboyance.
Kushner chastised
governors, with citizens literally gasping for air, for asking the
federal government to help find life-saving ventilators. "Don't ask us
for things when you don't know what you have in your own state. Just
because you're scared, you ask your medical professionals and they don't
know," he reprimanded.
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