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| Haredi sector makes up over half of elderly virus patients in Israel |
| 2020-10-13 |
| [YNet] - Over half of the elderly coronavirus patients in Israel hail from the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sector, almost four times their relative part in the population, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said 3,266 out of 6,061 current active elderly patients across the country, constituting 52%, are from the ultra-Orthodox sector. Of the 587 elderly patients who are currently in serious condition, 88 are ultra-Orthodox, making up 15%. G*d told their top Rabbis to go for Herd Immunity. That is, either G*d doesn't understand immunology, or He doesn't actually talks to Haredi rabbis. I wonder what's the correct answer? The ministry's latest virus figures also show a decline in contagion rate, which now stands at 7%. On Monday, of 47,136 tests conducted, 3,097 came back positive. It was 13% before lockdown - good thing we know (been told by world-famous epidemiology/immunology experts) that lockdowns don't work. Otherwise I'd be tempted to calculate that, since false positive (approx) 5% and true possitive is (approx) 95%, we went from 9.8% infected to 2.2% after 3 weeks of (fairly loose) lockdown. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Israel has infection per million rate about 50% greater than the US but a fatality per million rate about 60% lower than US. I think this may be because of more aggressive pre hospital protocols and because the population is, on the average younger, and also possibly because the sunlight is stronger (more natural D). |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2020-10-13 17:02 |
| #2 The reason I post this staff is not because I think the majority here interested. But because I'm tired of reading "De Blasio is an Anti-Semite: he oppresses the Haredim in NYC". Well, Bibi oppresses (to listen to them) Haredim in Bnei Brak. And, when he's back in the government (I hope), Naftali Benet - who is a religious Jew - will really oppress them. ‘Renegade’ haredi communities need to be brought to heel, rabbi says Yeshiva head: Police violence? Not enough of it |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-13 14:07 |
| #1 Over half is nuts. And that in a population more strongly skewed toward the young than the generality of Israelis. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-13 13:42 |