At-home deaths in Borough Park and Williamsburg in March and early April were more than 10 times higher than during the same period last year, the analysis of New York City data conducted by the news organization Gothamist concluded.
The analysis provides neighborhood-by-neighborhood insights about a disturbing citywide trend: In addition to the high death toll of confirmed coronavirus patients in this city’s hospitals, more New Yorkers are dying at home during the health crisis. Mayor Bill de Blasio had said it is reasonable to assume that most at-home deaths are attributable to COVID-19. Across the city, ProPublica found, at-home deaths have increased almost sixfold.
In the area defined as “Borough Park, Kensington and Ocean Parkway,” the analysis found, there were 27 fatal cardiac arrest calls to the FDNY between March 1 and April 13, as opposed to just two during that period in 2019. The area defined as “Greenpoint and Williamsburg” had 16 calls this year as opposed to one last year.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
{Matzav.com}
If the statistics are based on call to the FDNY, then it doesn’t reflect the Orthodox Jewish population as they usually don’t call FDNY; they call Hatzolo. There is a large non-Jewish population composed of Muslims and others in that area as well.
this data is from FDNY nothing to do w frum yidden , weve gotten hit bad but this article is inaccurate
also many yidden trying to avoid going to hospitals so conclusion of more home deaths is true
Not sure what “normal” means, but if they would compare similarly densely populated areas to BP and Williamsburg, I am quite sure the numbers would be similar. Add to the equation the very social culture of these two areas, the smaller, yet no less packed shuls, the very frequent chasunos, vorts, bar mitzvos, brissin, and kiddushim, the sidewalk sales, and well used mikva’os, and the numbers from a scientific point of view (leaving hashgachah out of it) make a lot of sense.
Now, if you’ll argue, so they should spread out and move to different, albeit nearby cities or towns, I think the residents of Jersey City, Airmont, Toms River and others would disagree.
This is to the FNDY. What about Hatzoloh?
You posters are a riot.
Spininning and spinning because you don’t like this bit of news.
GIVE THE YIDDEN the life-saving medication EARLY on!!!!!!!
Hydroxychloroquine with Azithromycin and ZINC
I’m going to write something I feel strongly about. I am not writing to bash anyone; just real toeles. I will say before that it doesn’t contradict the fact that I think every hatzalah member needs to get the proper respect and appreciation for the endless hours and sleepless nights and heartfelt efforts they did on behalf of the community. But I will say this; There were a few months prior to the outbreak of the Covid19 in brooklyn. A few months for the heads of hatzalah to gather and study this disease and figure out how and what they are going to approach and deal with a situation like this. Yes, hatzalah is a chessed organization but the community tries to support them in any which way and the citizens in the community trust them with their lives. That being said, before they took patients to hospitals that were so underprepared and underequipped, did they ever have a meeting with the decision makers of the hospital as to what their protocal or approach would be to dealing with mass numbers and patients like the ones they saw now? did they hear from the hospital what the food and a drink and accompanying policies would be like? Did anyone in hatzalah ask these hard questions? did they look into pandemic policies? Or did they just take its community; with good intention I know, but like sheep to the slaughter? To a hospital they knew nothing about in such situations? It took many deaths of otherwise healthy people with NO underlying medical conditions for them to stop taking to this underperforming wreckless medical center. There are terrible stories coming out of this hospital of people dying not from corona but from thirst and hunger? Comments being said to comatose patients; “all because of your synagogues”…. Who is running hatzalah these days? The heads of this organization have got to answer these questions and more. If they didn’t have a plan and didn’t ask these questions then they need to step down or a new more informed and better managed organization needs to step up. I know its painful to approach this subject cus hatzalah members are the best of the best but their upper leaders need to answer questions like these. Otherwise they need to go! like a hospital needs to prepare themselves, so does hatzalah.. Shlepping pple out of their homes is not the only thing they do; they are making lifechanging decisions for these people and the people have huge trust in them. Please someone, approach this conversation and have hatzalah leaders answer as to what their plan was. Everything is min hashamayim yes. But the mistakes are too obvious for us in our hishtadlus efforts for safety and precaution for now and the future to be quiet.