When it comes to everything COVID, everyone has an opinion. And we’d like to know yours! Take the anonymous survey, endorsed by HaGaon HaRav Noach Isaac Oelbaum, and enter a raffle to win a $50 pre-paid VISA card (twenty winners!)
Frum Community COVID-19 Survey
While we often think we know what other people are thinking and why, surveys often prove us wrong. People with different opinions than our own may just have different priorities. Surveys are how we find out what people actually are thinking and why. Survey data can not only help doctors and community organizations (e.g. Hatzalah, Bikur Cholim) serve us better, it can be used to fight negative stereotypes and misinformation about chareidim. For example, it’s been publicized that some frum neighborhoods in Brooklyn had lower vaccination rates, but they have so many more people who had COVID and may just be waiting until more information is known about how long and well immunity from prior infection lasts.
Surveys can identify levels of mistrust of medicine, the CDC, local health departments, etc… This knowledge can be used to find better ways to work effectively with our community. And sometimes, just knowing more about why people have different opinions than our own can help us to understand and respect each other more.
Frum Community COVID-19 Survey
The survey is being conducted by the following frum professionals:
Mendel Singer, PhD MPH, Case Western Reserve U. School of Medicine, Cleveland
(Questions to mendel.singer@case.edu)
Lee Caplan, MD MPH, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta
Ephraim Shapiro, PhD MPA MBA , Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
Rabbi Reuven Becker, MS Ed MBA, L’Orech Yomim Center, New York
Frum Community COVID-19 Survey
