Haimy, the statement “They represent a very small percentage of the population” may be true in Tri State area. In other areas, that is not the case.
According to a story on the YWN homepage published 11/5/18 after 12pm, approximately FIFTY PERCENT of charedim in Yerushalayim are not vaccinated. Plenty of people from the Tri State visit Yerushalayim weekly and can easily carry the virus back home. those vaccinated are pretty safe (although the vacine is 95-97% efefctive, so people face a small chance of illness despite vaccination). There is a rather large peopulation of people in our community who are unable to be vaccinated, due to age or illness, and even some who are, due to illness their immunity is weakened. It is not hysteria.
Hospitals in Yerushalyim are now banning unvaccinated people from maternity, pediatric and oncology and ICU.