Important data viz piece by @MollyBoigon crunching the numbers on haredi vs. non-haredi zip codes. Turns out haredi neighborhoods are evenly distributed across the spectrum of New York neighborhoods. The media has a lot to answer for. https://forward.com/news/447380/nyc-coronavirus-data-haredi-hasidic-visualizations-charts-graphs-maps/

"This suggests the much-reported incidents of large funerals that disregarded social-distancing or underground schools may have been relatively isolated incidents, or that similar violations were prevalent in other neighborhoods but garnered less attention." Paging @NYCMayor.

We all need to take a good hard look at ourselves and figure out why we believed something so contrary to the facts. But the @nytimes and @BilldeBlasio especially owe the frum community a huge apology.