New York Orthodox Jews make up HALF of all US plasma donors | Mail Online
- More than 12,000 donors have signed up to various community programs donating blood plasma since April 4, donor organizers told the New York Times
- Thousands of Americans who have recovered from coronavirus are donating their blood to plasma clinics so it can be used to treat others
- Orthodox Jews from New York are ‘punching way above their weight’ when it comes to donating, one medic said
- Several grassroots initiatives have sprung up in local New York communities, with the word spreading via synagogues and community newsletters
- Experts and leaders say the drive comes from the community’s traditional close-knit approach and the importance the religion places on human life
- Borough Park, Williamsburg and Crown Heights in Brooklyn are all home to large Hasidic communities and they have all recorded high virus infection rates
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