Cuomo Data Unfairly Assesses Vaccination Rates in Jewish Community

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NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to boost immunization rates in the state by highlighting zip codes with the lowest number of people vaccinated has had many in the Orthodox Jewish community taking umbrage, noting that the data is skewed, putting them in a bad light.

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Speaking at a Monday morning press conference, Cuomo announced that most COVID restrictions would be dialed back when the state reached a 70 percent immunization rate among adults and displayed a chart showing Monsey as the least vaccinated location in the state. The chart ranked Monroe third in New York and Spring Valley fifth, with Far Rockaway and Williamsburg coming in the ninth and tenth spots. Also making the chart at numbers 17 and 18 were Crown Heights and Borough Park, with Marine Park holding the number 25 spot.

But the numbers fail to take into account the unusually high number of children found in the Orthodox Jewish community, particularly in Chasidic neighborhoods, and that those ages 12 and up have only recently been approved for vaccination.

The New York City Department of Health immunization data shows that just 34.63 percent of Borough Park residents have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine, but that number jumps to 51.6 percent when looking at data for adults only in the same area.

Similarly, in Far Rockaway, the data shows that just 32.4 percent of the total population has received one dose of the COVID vaccine, a number that climbs to 43.1 percent when looking at the data for adults only.

Speaking at a mayoral press conference on Wednesday, NYC Health + Hospitals president and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz agreed that the way the numbers were presented was misleading.

“Doing vaccination as a percentage of the population is deceptive in any part of the city where the number of children is much larger,” said Dr. Katz, adding, “We can certainly give that feedback to the state, that focusing on the group that are adults and then separately looking at the younger people for whom there was just a recent approval, makes sense to me.”

New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi noted that New York City launched a dedicated vaccination campaign for the Orthodox Jewish community last month, with pop up sites being launched locally in addition to vaccination sites that already exist at community medical centers.

By contrast, New York State has only released vaccination data by county. Despite the implication in Cuomo’s chart that Rockland’s Jewish community isn’t doing its part to vaccinate, a pop-up vaccination site in Spring Valley serving the entire Hudson Valley area, which includes Monsey, Kiryas Joel and Spring Valley, will be open on day only – Saturday, June 12th.

OJPAC founder Yossi Gestetner said that numbers all across New York City show lower immunization rates among younger people, with 70 year olds far more likely to vaccinate than 30 year olds. That problem is further amplified in the Chasidic community where the majority of the population is under 18 and even most adults are under 50.

According to Gestetner, dividing the data into two groups for children – those who are eligible and those who are not – plus two more groups for adults – those who are over 50 and more likely to vaccinate and have access to the vaccine for months, and those who are not – would be a far more accurate method of tracking immunization rates.

“When it comes to public discourse in the age of social media, it is important for data to be accurate to make sure that government resources are properly directed and to cut back the chance that the numbers are not abused by agitators,” Gestetner told VIN News.

But even as Cuomo sets his sights on the next milestone, a 70 percent vaccination rate, a Cleveland Clinic study (https://bit.ly/3wmjEKN) of 52,238 employees showed that those who had COVID-19 received no additional benefits from being vaccinated.

The Akron Beacon Journal (https://bit.ly/2RJQLsQ) reported that not one of the 1,359 unvaccinated study participants who had previously contracted COVID came down with the virus a second time during the five month duration of the study. Still, the study noted that given the limitations of research, it recommended that even those who had COVID be immunized if vaccines are readily available.


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Shmo
Shmo
2 years ago

They’re not taking into account the high number of infected people who recovered and therefore have no reason to take the vaccine

Chasid
Chasid
2 years ago

Why do we need to answer why the statistics are wrong, yes we are smarter than the rest and as the Cleveland study shows that there’s no benefit of being vaccinated if you have antibodies, you can’t have it both ways first we are in the headlines because we have the most infected community with covid-19, then we’re in the bad light cuz we have the least that are vaccinated, well that is exactly the reason.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

who cares still about governor antichos and his fake numbers? he is a lame duck at this point. He is weak despite his Italain mafia perosna. May this rasha have his downfall bkrov

Smart man
Smart man
2 years ago

Cuomo Is just paving his road to hell

mo613
mo613
2 years ago

if i took my vacination without the strieml do i have to re do it

Democrats support evil.
Democrats support evil.
2 years ago

Cuomo the geronticidal sexual abuser has been targeting the Jewish community since last March.

Doctor Alex Morales
Doctor Alex Morales
2 years ago

As an epidemiologist I feel it’s important that I share the facts:

  1. Those recovered from COVID-19 have perhaps lifelong T-cell memory of the virus, with superior protection compared with the vaccinated.
  2. Effective therapeutics and prophylactics exist such as HCL and Ivermectin, with known risks and benefits.
  3. There have been nearly 30,000 deaths and over 1,000,000 severe reactions to the Phizer therapy worldwide.
  4. The vaccine is experimental and has not undergone long terms studies or human trials, nor has it been licensed or approved by the FDA
  5. Risks of pediatric myocarditis and other severe complications are emerging, and the long term risks are completely unknown.
  6. The spike protein tends to cluster in the ovaries, and testes, and miscarriage at all stages of pregnancy have been commonly reported on VAERS.
  7. The survival rate for the disease is greater than 99%, aside from venerable population

Please use your own best judgement in examining the risks of this mRNA therapy, and make informed medical decisions without feeling pressured or coerced. You are the best guardian of your health.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

Hey Josh governor antichos, today tried to slip a bill through the state senate that would give him control of the mta . Years ago this was standard stuff. No one blinked an eye. Today the senate rejected granting the dictator any more powers. No MTA for him. And no more covid powers. In the event of another outbreak cvs we can ignore him and too bad.

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

 judith &   Josh,

So here is the thing about Frum jews and social distance. And this was best captured and noted by actually a former frum jew who is no longer frum . Frieda Vesel in her podcast actually got it.

Its is not because we are cave men, deny science or don’t know science ack education etc. In fact when it comes to science we are very knowledgeable and extremely well connected. Who knows more about innovative cancer or infertlity treatments more than us? Which community is better connected to top dr’s?

So what’s the crux? Its that our lifestyle is about social interaction. We are all about being on top of each other. We live in tiny apartments but our doors are never locked. We don’t have “play dates”. We simply walk into the nieghbor or friends house and play. We touch and share each others stuff. Our kids don’t use social media and don’t learn via zoom or internet. The life is around in person actvity whether in shul, school or on the block. As adults almost every day we have a simcha, plus lchaim with friends at shul. We daven with a minyan 3 times a day and learn daf yomi on top of each other. I once slipped at work and commented to a non jewish worker that I need to run home because I need to pop into a wedding. He was like huh? You “pop” into a wedding? Yes our weddings have 1,000 people. Not because we want to show off. Only 300 sit down to eat by the meal. The rest just come to dance and maybe grab an ice cream. So our world is very different than the non jew who yes sarcficed her prom night or sweet 16. This is our daily life. Its even different than the modern orthdox jew in Tenneak. They have social media. they don’t have 1,000 people weddings. They don’t have open houses were everyone walks into each others house.

Key point, When you ask us to social distance for 18 months straight its a form of unsustainable mental torture to someone whose whole lfie revolves around social interaction. its simply a solution that can’t be implemented. it doesn’t work. Yes get the science but We can’t handle it. Politicians and Govt offcials need to understand that they are asking the impossible and need to work with us for other solutions. (Kind of like Muprhy did). Maybe the stolin chasdius style ? (dancing with a gartel)

Educated Archy
Educated Archy
2 years ago

Hey Josh,
With Cuomo Weakened, N.Y. Lawmakers End Session With Flex of Power
Nyt headlines not brietbart
Cuomo failed to split the mta positions. How ya doing ?

le phuv
le phuv
2 years ago

The first vaccination sites were no where near the frum areas.
Hence the need to be/travel to other areas.
The frum got the vaccine Day 1 at other locations (less fortunate areas).

lastword
Noble Member
lastword
2 years ago

People who thought for themselves to follow sensible science, and who continue to do so, should be commended for not shmaccinating! The government has been ‘bought’ by clever BigPharma and Telecom money ingratiatingly greasing the hands of similarly motivated political wannabes, many of whom have this way now managed to get elected and legislate in the name of the cult of self-poisoning through vaccination and inoculation. Drunkenness and hedonism at the alters of shots in the arm – which are really much more: ‘shots in the foot’.

lastword
Noble Member
lastword
2 years ago

Drunkenness and hedonism at the altars of shots in the arm – which are really much more: ‘shots in the foot’.

Anonymous
Anonymous
2 years ago

I saw the chart with the top 25 lowest vaccine rates. Some black & brown communities were on their too – including Canarsie which is about 90% black And other black neighborhoods & other non-Jewish parts of the state were also on the top 25 lowest vaccination rates. You Frummies in the Frum neighborhoods know – most of your neighbors – adults – are probably are not vaccinated.

Judith
Judith
2 years ago

They earned a bad name with anti-masking and distancing . It’s hard to know now who is the one skewing statistics .