Tag: Influenza

The text discusses the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and emphasizes that while there is no current vaccine or medication against the virus, simple non-pharmacological interventions are effective in preventing its spread.
During past pandemic outbreaks like the 1918 influenza, the Jewish community practiced a unique remedy called the Black Wedding, marrying impoverished individuals in a cemetery to avert the deadly disease with communal support and the hope for divine intervention.