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What I don’t understand is that less than a month ago during the Vice President Debate when Harris was asked if she would take the vaccine she said she would require addittional testing. Likewise Governor Cuomo also wouldn’t allow them in New York State uless they were reviewed by a panel of his medical experts. Now becuase Biden won vaccines are Mandatory.
Everyday people are being shot with illegal guns many of whom are dying yet I have never heard of warrentless searchs to confiscate these guns. Mandatory vaccines wouldn’t work. Voluntary compliance is the only way. Media campaigns wouldn’t workto convince the masses, becuase for the last 4 years the media has been bad mouthing Trump and yet he got more votes then his previous election when he won the presidency.
You may say that the antivaxxers can stay in their basement but I have been going to work everyday on the subway, my job requires it. While the subways are not packed thery are more than half full during rush hour. So I see it from a different point of view. Others who drive to work, work from home or live outside NYC may see it differently.

The vaccine needs to be administered to about 70% of the population in order to get herd immunity. The Frum community was hard hit with Covid, back in March and many of them should have the antibodies in their system and therefor not need the vaccine. You may say blood test have shown that the antibodies are gone a few months after recovery because the body no longer needs them. and so you can get reinfected. The body knows how to generate these antibodies to fight it so in theory even without the vaccine the second infection should be milder.
Until covid is cured the economy can’t come back and eventually there will be a famine. We just had an election and if you look at the map most of the blue states are on either coast and the center where most of the food is produced. If there is a civil war or if the farmers or truckers feel slighted and don’t bring food to the cities I don’t think we could survive.

A key problem facing the Demicrats is will they follow Trump’s plan in regards to the vaccines. According to his plan by May 70% of the US will be vaccinated, giving the US herd immunity allowing the US economy to reopen. Democrats may have a slower approach in administratingthese vaccines.

Another problem is gridlock and or government shutdown.

As far as prosecuting Trump, he already was impeached and there was no smoking gun why do you think these other charges will be substaniated. If Biden is successful Trump will fade away but if he is prosecuted he wil have free publicty.

Key factors are, what happens after the states ratify the election results? Will Mitch McConnel and other high ranking Republicans attend Biden’s inauguaration? Will the Biden adminisration be able to use the covid-19 vaccines effectively to combat the pandemic? Will the Republicans control the Senate and will Biden have to fight for every appoinyment? Even if the Democrats win both senate seat runoff elections in Ga he still needs every democrats to vote party line which is not as easy as it seems.
The question is, can he govern. He needs to solve the pandemic, Trump already gave him the vaccine all he has to do is distribute it and get the economy back with everyone going back to work. He has a little over a year to accomplish this before the midterm election season starts and he loses both houses of Congress.

Thereis no chance of Trump winning at this point. Will he concede or actively coperate with Biden is highly unlikely. After all the democrats have been spending the last 4 years trying to overturn the 2020 election. In 2 months Biden will take over and be responsible for distributing the Covid vacciness and get the economy back on track

CTL It was not my intent to say Biden didn’t win the election and get more votes than Trump. I was merely pointing out that Trump got more votes than any previous presidential candidate including Obama & Clinton.

Prosecuting Trump after he leaves office either criminally or civilly will only backfire. Neither party has a mandate the Republicans have 50 member in the Senate with 2 seats scheduled for a runoff election in January. In the House almost 2 weeks after the election the Democrats have 219 with 15 seats un decided almost all of them Republican leaning. There is already infighting between the Progressives and the moderates. If Republicans can find a few Democrats that will work with them they can control the House of Representatives too.

Biden didn’t win the presidency the NON Trump won. Even before Trump was sworn in the Democrats and the media were trying to get rid of him. Even members of his own party were actively campaigning against him and yet he got more votes than any prior president in the history of this country. His high disapproval rating plus Covid-19 deaths and the poor economy due to the shutdown were major factors in his loss.
The question should be can Biden govern. The Democrats lost the senate, the best they can hope for is a 50 50 split but that only if they win both of the Georgia seats which is highly unlikely In the House of Representatives as of now Democrats have 218 seats the bare minimum to control the House with 15 races undecided.
While Biden may have won the presidency it’s going to be very hard for him to get his legislation passed if he can’t control Congress.

Trump didn’t concide so his GSA is not releasing funds or office space for Biden’s transition team. So I am not sure how this is going to work. It maybe January 20 before they get access

What I think is wanted is that people who have been tested and have the antibodies should be retested for Covid -19 using an address in the red zones thus reducing the Covid -19 positive rate below 3%. As far as I can tell there is no outreach to the frum community outside of some billboards in yiddush at a few bus shelters and some ads in the free papers there is any publicity. No testing sites, no community meetings or going door to door as was done for the census.
The test doesn’t cost anything, but likewise doesn’t prevent or cure covid. The only thing it may due is reduce the positive rate but becuase the current rate is 3% you need 100s of people to be positive to reduce it.

Cancelling rent and paying off the landlords is just crazy. Just look at the NYC Housing Authority which has been around since the 1934 and is the biggest slumlord in the city. Some of the tenants even came out for Trump at the Republican Convention for his help in improving living conditions there.

AS far as building Affordable Housing which is now required if you want tax abatement. This means that the builder has to set a side a per centage of apartments to be rented at affordable rates which sounds good. The problem is that most of them go for over $2,000.00 a month for a studio while the average income is $30,000.00 per year, so most people can qualify for them.

Everyone should be tested for Covid -19 both to see if they have it and to see if they have the antibodies. Here in NY these tests are free even if you don’t have insurance. There are 2 types of tests one a nasal swab tests if you have Covid now, while the blood test tells if you have the antibodies. Everyone should get both tests. If you have the antibodies you already had it and have recovered and don’t even know it. The chances of you catching it a second time are greatly reduced and you can go to shul, but there is still a chance that you can catch it again.
Everyone should wear a mask covering their mouth and nose in public to reduce transmitting this disease. Masks are uncomfortable and fog up your glasses which is why in certain areas hardly anyone is wearing them now. Also because the mask doesn’t protect the wearer they feel why wear it. I ride the subway and see people not wearing masks or wearing them but not over their nose and or mouth .even though wearing a mask is required in order to ride the subway.

nO Tactic such as stop and frisk and having undercover office patrolling in unmarked cars keep guns off the streets resulting in fewer homicides. Getting rid of both is why there is so much shooting. Blacks are going to be the victims in most of these shootings.

Just get Trump To Say Overnight Summer Camps are essential.

The problem is most shuls that observe masks and social distancing are by reservation only. The solution maybe to daven in the ladies section where fewer people daven and those who are able to wear masks and social distancing.

I am not saying you can’t disagree with the President, just be respectful. If you are unhappy with the president you are free to leave, nobody will stop you. I am sure the President will also be happy to see you go. Please note that the fact that you are no longer in the USA doesn’t bar you from posting on Yeshiva World.

21 people shot in 24 hours in NYC since probably most of the victims are people of color I guess defunding the police means Black Lives Don’t Matter.

I am not a big supporter of Deuich but he has been there for our community in our time of need. It cost nothing to vote for him and it will send a strong message yo Deblassio and the democratic party that we are not a lap dog that is happy with a few scraps.

There was a Black Lives Matter rally in Ohio with about 80 activist in a town with just 6 cops. There was a counter rally with hundreds of armed whites One of the whites sucker punch a black activist who complained the cop did nothing. The Police say they didn’t see it happen, took the report and issued an arrest warrant. You can’t have it both ways cut the number of police and then expect protection.

Reb Eliezer :Our clout is Hakol Kol Yaakov to daven. Perhaps you should not critcize the president if you want to be like Yakov.
If you want to be taken seriously you have to get out the vote The Dems treat us like the blacks and take us for granted. Which is why many of us vote Republican.

Nomes I said don’t resists arrest if he had gotten into the car he probably would have been released after a back ground check to see there are no outstanding warrents. As far as New York being a Police State you can always move. As far as your friend in BP I finded it very strange as a few years ago an elderly man pulled over inorder to talk on his phone and a cop tried to arrest him and there was a full scale riot. Also you can disobey the police when it’s illegal. What he should have done was get out of the car and let the cop move the car. This probably was a case which was plea bargained down. This is a very sketch case where you there? Was a civilian compliant made against the officer? I am not a lawyer but the benifit of the doubt goes to the defendent who in this case is a police officer so the burden of proof is on you to prove that F~loyd wasn’t resisting arrest.

I was a kid but I think we prayed for the government and the president and Vice President like some do for the ZHL the Israeli Army.

I would say racism doesn’t exist but blacks have high positions in Police Departments. The problem is resisting arrest, if Floyd hadn’t he would have been taken to the station processed and given a desk appearance and out within an hour or two.

GH I think you are mixing up two communities Kiryas Joel which is currently called Town of Palm Tree in Orange County with Monsey which is in Rockland County.

CS I don’t know what is going on in other communities nor in all of Midwood but in the few that I attend masks and social distancing are required. Although enforcement is not what it used to be, more people are davening without masks and not told to leave. I have seen people recently asked to wear a mask or leave shul.

I think the major problem is how society views the police. If a cop tells you to do something you do it. Don’t try to resist as happened in this case. You can always appeal later. If he didn’t resist he would have been brought to the police station and most likely gotten a desk appearance and released. Instead he resisted and is now six feet under

It doesn’t hurt to take an antibody test so that you will know.. If you stayed inside and had no contact with anyone you probably don’t have the antibodies. As far as blocking off every other seat you would need to block off about 75 percent of the seats in order to maintain social distancing. A 5:30 minyan is not an option as many wouldn’t get up that early. Remember people are paying for these seats A small private minyan less than 50 people is preferred as opposed to a large shul minyan and avoid talking to others in the aisle, lobby and courtyard of the shul as these are areas where it’s more likely to catch the disease