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One of the most alarming attributes of COVID-19 is its tendency to escalate quickly. Countless stories have emerged in recent weeks of individuals who were feeling fine then, within a matter of hours, lost their lives. One such individual was 39-year-old Efraim Nachman Blum. Blum collapsed in his home on Friday and by the time emergency responders arrived, he was gone.
Blum’s passing is a grim reminder that the younger generations cannot be so confident of their safety.
Rabbi Blum was a sofer. He left behind his wife Sara, a preschool teacher, and 4 children. The youngest is only 4 months old.
Since his death was so sudden, there was no way for the Blum family to prepare for their loss. Sara is now unemployed and shortly after birth, responsible for raising 4 kids without her husband, while suffering in the shadow of grief. It is a crushing burden for a young woman to carry alone.
Donations are being accepted to help take care of Rabbi Blum’s family in his absence.
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Age doesn’t matter to this virus. It’s overall health that matters, with major factors being: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, overweight. Our community has to invest into a healthy life style, including complete revamp of our recipes and eating preferences, adults investing 4 hours a week in a gym, yeshivos actually enforcing 1 to 2 hours each day of real gym and strenuous physical activity.
This is untrue. Check out the media for horror stories of professional athletes falling victim to this disease, some of them never returning to their former self. By the way do you do 1-2 hours per day of strenuous physical activity? What sort of workout? Are you male or female?
Dear 10:59pm, try to read before commenting: “adults 4 hours a week in a gym” – that means about 40 min a day on average.
Your statement about athletes: how many athletes died? In my previous comment, I was talking about mortality risk factors – that should have been pretty obvious.
I thought you suggest yeshivot actually enforce 1-2 hours each day of real gym and strenuous physical activity. Sorry about the misunderstanding, still 40 min per day is a lot of time, am I the only one who don’t have it? I can’t sleep any less than I do now, else I’ll collapse, never mind doing sport. Do you do 40 minutes a day? What sport do you do? I agree that it is a healthy habit, the problem for me is that it clashes with reality.
1:24pm, That’s right, teenagers need 1-2 hours of heavy exercise a day, so that they can build up the core strength that will make a major difference later in life. Adults need 4 hours a week just to keep up strong and productive long into older age. Not realistic, you say? Is dieing from this virus realistic?! Is turning semi-cripple by the age of 50 realistic? Your perception of what’s realistic, unfortunately doesn’t affect actual reality.
I don’t know anything about you, but walking 2 miles a day and body weight exercises is usually a good start.
It’s a crying shame that Doctors don’t educate people about how we can build and maintain a strong immune system. All we are told is to fear germs when it is not the germs that kill but the host.