Thousands of yeshivah bochurim throughout Israel have fallen ill in recent weeks with a mysterious virus with symptoms of high fever, stomach pain, cold symptoms and especially severe weakness.
The virus, which began before Chanukah in some yeshivos and others more recently, has hit yeshivos in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, and Elad as well as in Kfar Chabad and other yishuvim. The virus has hit all types of yeshivos – Litvak, Sefardi, and Chassidish as well as Dati Leumi yeshivos on yishuvim and in towns and cities. As could be expected, most of the ill bochurim got tested for COVID when they became ill but they tested negative.
The yeshivah that seems to have been hit the worse is Yeshivas Torah B’Tifarta in Elad, where over 240 bochurim have fallen ill, with many suffering from high fever. About 150 bochurim in Yeshivas Be’er HaTalmud caught the virus and another 150 in Yeshivas Orchos HaTorah. Dati Leumi Yeshivos throughout Israel have been affected including yeshivos in Nahariya, Mitzpeh Ramon, Yerucham, Nir, Mitzpeh, and others.
According to a B’Chadrei Charedim report, hundreds of bochurim in the US in Satmar and Belz yeshivos have also fallen ill with the virus as well as students in Talmudei Torah in Williamsburg, Kiryas Yoel and Monroe.
Since when does getting the common winter flu become news …we forget how every winter pre covid we have gotten ill…all the social distancing the past two years and extreme washing hands gives you weak immune systems..and stronger cases of the flu #science
not such a mystery
Did you read the article?
“As could be expected, most of the ill bochurim got tested for COVID when they became ill but they tested negative.”
Lots of people complaining even here in Crown Heights. Men and women. I hope it’s temporary and it will go away soon.
is it obvious this is not the Omicron strain ?
Oh we all know what’s happening here. First it’s the athletes and then it’s the seminaries, now Big Pharma is coming for our tayere bochurim too. When will we wake up!?
“As could be expected, most of the ill bochurim got tested for COVID when they became ill but they tested negative.”
I know you have your obsession with “owning” your political opponents, but you might at least try to have it somehow comport with the facts…
Wait was all thease. Bocharim vaxanated?
Comment of the year
Yep… in Israel it is sort of mandatory
“As could be expected, most of the ill bochurim got tested for COVID when they became ill but they tested negative.”
No COVID, so the vaccine wouldn’t make a difference. Capisce?
BINGO (r”l)!
Were they vaccinated?!?
Israel…
It’s in the seminaries too
These are the places where the most people are vaccinated, lets use our brains and do not follow like sheep!!!
ITS CALLED OMICRON NOT FLU
a variant that’s not at all dangerous. There is not one single death from it.
Turn off your caps lock key, open up your mind, and learn some actual facts instead of fearmongering.
Complete lie. Many people have been hospitalized and died due to Omicron. Take your head out of the sand.
But don’t take my word for it. Look it up and you will see for yourself.
Now I am wondering whether the bochurim in the U.S. with this illness are vaxxed, like the ones in EY (or like probably most of the ones in EY).
If it was omicron then they would have tested positive for covid
It’s the bird flu
Cause of mutation, one of the covid tests doesn’t register Omicron as covid…
Some covid tests don’t pick up Omicron/false negatives (…from someone who watches too much medical youtube videos)
May each of them get well quickly!
The article mentions negative COVID tests but what about influenza testing? Perhaps this is the flu–which can be treated with antiviral medication.
If they were deceived into getting the Covid shot, then it ain’t no mystery at all. The rabbis who said to get it, didn’t do thorough research and listen to all sides, and ignored those who warned them have blood on their hands!
Not one addressed the issue of poor nutrition. Until we fix that, we will always be at risk for the “next” thing
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/cdc-advisory-panel-recommends-pfizer-and-modern-vaccines-over-johnson-johnson
There is a syndrome that occurs after vaccination or recovery from covid that causes autoimmune reaction. Can also be vaccination screwed up immune system so they got flu. A 6 year old died from this and they said it was flu. It came a month after recovery from covid
The vaxx destroys the immune system as many top doctors have been warning about. So maybe these boys were vaccinated and can’t fight this off 🙁
In the mesivta were out of school in the last 2 weeks also with some sort of flu- not Covid.
Refua Shleima to all those that are sick. Just hoping it’s not the mysterious unknown after effects of the experiment. Hashem Yirachem
The comment section right here is the proof of how people love jumping to conclusions
Best generation right here🔥
And by the way the vaccine makes it worse
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