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Saturday, August 22, 2020
High Holidays Shutdown ?!
We're approaching the High Holiday season which starts with the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) on Sept. 18-20; goes on with the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) on Sept. 27 -28; next Sukkot , Simchat Torah - and ends on Oct.11.
This year it's all going to be different because of coronavirus restrictions on gatherings, both at the synagogues (for worship activities) and at home (family festive meals) .
Things are not looking good on the 'corona' front. It seems that in China and Russia people are afraid of the authorities; here the authorities are afraid of the people (potential voters who oppose restrictions), so nothing is done properly.
Transparency is faulty. We know more or less about the 'red' zones, but almost nothing about age of people in confirmed, as well as in hospitalized cases.
(There was some mention in a newspaper that currently, those aged 20-39 make up over 30% of the confirmed cases).
According to the chief coronavirus coordinator, prof. Gamzu, the decision about a shutdown will be taken by Sept.10. In the meantime Army recruits will be assisting with performing tests and 'tracing of contact'.
The whole world is expecting a vaccine. There'll probably be more than one, by the end of the year, but I tend to agree with the general opinion that it'll take about two years to end the pandemic.
I don't know about other countries, but here,in Israel, even one year might lead to anarchy and even famine. May God help us!
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