nivek
As Above So Below
In Brooklyn and Queens there have been massive spikes and they are selectively locking down certain zip codes. The NYC attempt to reopen schools was an absolute clown show. Appears to be zero preparation and zero plan to accommodate any problems.
The small (and not so small) school districts with a little distance from that particular flavor of management seems to be working. Busses are rolling, kids around here are starting to go back. Marist and Vassar colleges are in session. Mixture of on-site and remote, different days with different staffing. Glad I don't have kids and am not involved. A very close friend is a bus driver and has related all their covid measures and they are definitely banging away at them with a passion.
There's a saying that adversity reveals character it doesn't define it. It reveals incompetence too.
It's getting crazy and violent in New York thanks in part to Cuomo's disastrous power trip...
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A Rising Orthodox Populist Is Leading A Violent Campaign Of COVID Denial In Borough Park
(Excerpt - much more violent stuff in the link)
The chaotic street scene marked the latest escalation in the fight over Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new coronavirus restrictions, which will shut down schools and non-essential businesses in Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with spiking COVID rates beginning on Thursday. Local Hasidic lawmakers who represent the area have come out against the rules, accusing the governor of singling out Jewish people by limiting capacity in houses of worship to only 10 people in the most restrictive "red" zones.
Agudath Israel of America, an international religious group that represents the ultra-Orthodox community, called the shutdown orders “appalling,” and hinted at a possible lawsuit.
But Tischler has gone a step further, vowing to stop the restrictions by force, while peddling conspiracy theories that Democratic officials are deliberately misleading the public about the virus for political reasons. Several people in attendance on Friday said they now believed that the lockdown measures were a ploy to interfere in the upcoming election.
“Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo are trying to destroy Donald Trump’s election,” said Heshy Friedman, a 57-year-old Borough Park resident. “They’re using COVID to try to close off all the neighborhoods that are pro-Trump.”