It’s 2021, a year since Covid19 started, and as chaotic and psychotic as we handled it, we somehow managed to find the solution- the vaccine.
I’m proud of us. But...
Where the heck are the vaccines?
As of today, 1,224,000 Israelis had been vaccinated against COVID19 - that’s over 14% of the population inoculated in 16 days. (More by the time you read this)
Israel is #1 in the world for vaccination rate and the way they have addressed this is amazingly impressive. Tel Aviv’s iconic Rabin Square is now an open-air vaccination area, Jerusalem’s Pais Stadium is one too, in Haifa you can get drive-in vaccinations. The IDF is working to quickly vaccinate all servicemen and women.
I’m proud of Israel for the efficient, non-stop, caring way they have rolled out the vaccination program and all the medics, scientists and staff who have worked to make this a reality.
That’s what you get with social healthcare.
Meanwhile, according to the CDC, 15.4 million vaccine doses have been distributed in the US, but only 4.5 million people have received their first doses. That means that the distribution method here is not effective or fast enough.
You can blame our leader (whoever it may be at this point), or our dysfunctional healthcare system, but the reality is that it’s close to impossible to get a vaccine right now. Even if you qualify as part of the risk group.
But in every darkness there’s a shining light.
Leah Rosenfeld, of Chabad of Lake worth in Florida, took matters to her own hands, and put things in God’s hands.
She called every possible clinic and hospital in South Florida and stayed for hours on the phone, until she got through to her shining light - a woman named Kenetra. They both stayed on the phone for hours, as Leah was listing every elderly in the risk group in her Jewish community, to secure them an appointment to get vaccinated.
As I was reading through her Facebook wall all the comments and people she helped one by one, I couldn’t resist the memory of another life saving list - Schindler’s List.
I know, comparing everything to the Holocaust, especially as a Jew, is over rated. But saving lives in the Jewish community has been a tradition we carry on for decades, as part of our survival skills. And making a list of people to save is no foreign assignment for us.
As we all battle through this pandemic, and chaotic world, I know that the light is shining upon us always, showing us the way out of the darkness. And if we all adopt Leah’s List, and make our own list of people we can help, we can get through this together.
I for one, decided to utilize my gifts and talents in marketing, and help a few businesses who lost everything during the pandemic and try to revive them.
I know you can use your gifts and talents to help too.
As a final note I will leave this powerful video here, showcasing the impact we can make by working together, not against each other, in order to heal - physically and mentally.
Here’s to hoping everyone globally can look forward to a COVID-free future, and soon
Comments