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    I remember reading about a lot of Rabbi's dying a week or so ago, sad to see, but also the high death toll seems to come from ignorance of the threat.

    • here in jerusalem most of the sick are haredi orthodox...renderedred
    • they continued praying together and doing everything like before, 0 fucks givenrenderedred
    • They seem to suffer from the same exceptionalism that the evangelical pastors seem to think they have. So dangerous for themselves and their community.PhanLo
    • I've been to catholic funerals where we've sat wit the body of a relative for a day or so before the funeral in Ireland, with the whole community coming to payPhanLo
    • their respects. But 2 elderly relatives died last week and one funeral was attended by 9 people, the other only by the other priests who worked alongside him.PhanLo
    • It's a hard process to go about grieving without all the usual routine of doing so. But I like to think that afterwards people will be able to do so.PhanLo
    • Some people would rather die than stop praying. I don't condone it, but there it is.
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    • one of the things i learned from all this is that if we didn't shake hands 30-40% less influenza overall. i can see a world where we bow instead :)renderedred
    • ^like they do in Japan while also wearing masks, whoaa!
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