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Religious Services or Health?
BRONX TIMES REPORTER,12 MARCH 27-APRIL 2, 2020 BTR
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BY JASON COHEN
COVID-19 is unlike anything this
country has seen before. With more
than 25,000 confi rmed cases in New
York and 192 deaths in NYC, when
will this get better?
The Bronx has been hit with 2,500
cases, including NYPD Transit Bureau
Chief Eddie Delatorre and Councilman
Richie Torres.
The virus has taken lives of a principal
in Brooklyn, Manhattan playwright
Terrence McNally and even
has Minnesota Timberwolves All-
Star Karl Anthony Towns’ mother in
a coma.
Schools and businesses are shuttered
and the city that never sleeps
looks like a ghost town. No one
knows when this will get better or
worse. Yet, President Trump wants
churches fi lled on Easter Sunday in
a couple weeks. With 53,000 cases in
the country and nearly 700 deaths according
to John Hopkins University,
I don’t see hundreds of people packing
churches for Easter and synagogues
for Passover.
I am not saying this isn’t a tricky
situation. How long can the economy
stay closed? People have mouths to
feed and bills to pay, but is sacrifi cing
health and death worth it?
People should return to work when
medical professionals deem it safe.
I know I said this already, but I
stress that people need to stay home.
No one is saying it’s fun or convenient,
especially with no sports, but
these are the times we are in.
I have seen recent pictures on social
media of religious Jewish weddings
in Brooklyn and are these
people taking crazy pills or just ignorant?
Stay home and use common
sense.
Going to an emergency room in
the Bronx was already a pain, but
now everyone is going there thinking
they have contracted coronavirus.
Please only go if you have symptoms.
Pouring gasoline on the fi re is the
fact that there is a huge shortage of
ventilators in New York, a city that is
the epicenter for the virus and should
be receiving the best care. Governor
Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio claim
New York needs 40,000 ventilators
to help people with the corona virus,
yet this week the federal government
only sent 4,000.
While I’m sure people want to attend
religious services in a couple
weeks, I hope they choose their life
and health fi rst.
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