The role Orthodox Jews have played in contributing to a promising but yet unproven coronavirus treatment has garnered far less attention than the incidents of community members flouting social distancing guidelines.
The plasma donated by the Orthodox Jewish communities isn’t just being
used for transfusions. Some 8,000 vials of blood serum have been donated
for use by scientists at 10 institutions across the globe in their
quest to figure out why the virus is so deadly for some and not for
others.
Fact: Borough Park was especially hard hit by the virus. The community has the fourth largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city and the highest in the borough of Brooklyn, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The latest figures show 226 confirmed deaths in Borough Park, meaning there have been 243 deaths per 100,000 residents in the neighborhood.
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Monday, July 13, 2020
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