Coronavirus is at OUR Doorstep, What Now?

my dearest friends in the last video update we spoke about we may be done with Corona but Corona is not done with us and I so badly wish that was my last video that we could be celebrating how our numbers are so much better and our phases are progressing and we're returning to normal life but unfortunately that is not my message I have a critically important message to share and that's what I'd ask you to all listen to carefully and let others around you know the spike is happening all around us and well for a long time we were able to say that even though the numbers and the data was rising around us our community seemed to borrow Hashem thank God be fairing well that day is over the numbers are rising all around us and they have penetrated within our community hospitalizations are rising in the community the hospitals have scaled back no longer allowing visitors canceling segments of elective surgery we're hearing about dozens of positive cases within our community and local camps struggling with family members of their campers who are testing positive one of the local camps needing to close down for now altogether and so my message to you is this if you're not feeling well at all in any way contact your health care provider immediately about getting tested and in the meantime stay home let me be clear we have member in the community who tested positive all they thought they had was a headache and it turned out they were positive with Corona another who was positive had a post nasal drip which is a fancy way of saying they had a runny nose and it turned out they had coronavirus both possibly could have transmitted to others several people had reasons to get tested and it turned out they tested positive even though they were entirely asymptomatic they didn't feel bad at all and yet they had it enough they could have been transmitting it to others this is a potentially lethal virus the consequences are incredibly dangerous we have to err on the side of caution if you don't feel well in any way at all stay home stay home and ask your health care provider if you need to be tested if someone in your household is positive the whole household has to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days according to CDC guidelines consult your health care provider it means if someone in your home is positive everyone else can't be out and about they can't somewhat quarantine they have to buy Health Department regulations quarantine a minimum of 14 days if someone has reason to get tested in there waiting results the whole house has to quarantine even if there are no symptoms because if you go out you can be transmitting from one to another to another and to a vulnerable person who may not have what it takes to survive getting this lethal virus let's define quarantine when we talk about someone in your family having it when we talk about your awaiting a test result because you may have it when we talk about anyone not feeling well what it means to quarantine is home isolation it means avoiding people it means not going out not to the supermarket not to shul not to meet people 20 feet apart in your backyard let me be clear we're here to help if you've tested positive or you are concerned you might be if you're not feeling well and your whole family is quarantining we can have food delivered to your front door we can pitch in and help take care of what you need we are a community we're a family we're here to help one another but you need to help us by not keeping it to yourself by letting people know let me be clear there is no shame and there should be no stigma and no guilt associated with having contracted this virus there are people who are been practicing great precaution who nevertheless contracted it for reasons we don't understand or know there's no shame there's no stigma there is no guilt having coronavirus is not your fault but not telling the people you've been in contact with not behaving responsibly by quarantining you and your family taking quarantining seriously following the guidelines of what it would take and how long do you have to wait to be able to return that is your fault and that would be one's responsibility and so I appeal to you I beg you as we see these numbers spiking as we see it having penetrated and infiltrated into our very community please don't keep it to yourself share with the people you've been in touch with everyone please wear masks in public wear masks indoors outdoor many animal continue the distancing continue to do what is essential and defined for yourself what is not so essential as we see these numbers rise and spike and the vulnerable among us still at incredible risk we need to work as a community we need to work as a family we need to be concerned for one another we need to follow the guidelines we need to follow what it means to quarantine we need to share with others if someone has tested positive we need our entire family to cooperate tomorrow's the first issue of October Thomas motive Ribeira Schechter has made clear that it's more important to try to fast and it would be to davon with a minyan and so the manana that are taking place outdoors 4:00 in the morning when it's incredibly hot and humid if you feel it would compromise your fast better to dive in at home than to attend and outdoor menu which could compromise your fast anyone is not feeling well in any way having symptoms or signs of illness does not need to fast let me remind you this fast is not punitive this fast is redemptive the fast is repentance the fast as an opportunity for us to remind ourselves that we are a soul that has a body and for 12 hours to tell that body we will deny indulging in you because we will emphasize our soul we will reflect on what we've done wrong and what we've done right and what we can do better and one of the things we can do better is to be better following these guidelines and to be better community members to one another to bring all our family on board and cooperating please God if we do if we learn the message in the lesson we are transformed from the experience of fasting and we are committed to one another then please God we can keep our community safe wish everyone to be healthy holy and happy