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Locking Down the Hasidim in New York
from #222 - Running Out The Clock | The Tim Dillon Show · #222
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He reacts to news of targeted COVID lockdowns in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods of New York, questioning why 'progressive' policy is locking down a specific religious/ethnic community and demanding hospitals actually be overwhelmed before further lockdowns.
- Tim expresses discomfort with locking down Hasidic neighborhoods in New York, questioning whether targeting a specific ethnic group is the progressive approach.
- Hospitals need to be completely full—every floor packed—to justify shutting down again; he knows nurses who are off, suggesting occupancy claims don't add up.
- Locking down specific areas like Williamsburg strikes him as the wrong move.
- Tim proposes the only lockdown he'd support: a Thanksgiving quarantine where everyone stays home for one day.
- He expresses genuine sadness about missing Thanksgiving with family despite not having attended for five years—he's been deliberately weaning himself off them.
- Getting COVID from your Aunt Cheryl would be worse than contracting it from a stranger; he'd rather buy tickets to something.
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