The // @ts-ignore
comment enables the Typescript compiler to ignore the line below it.
How can one ignore a whole block of code with Typescript?
You can't.
As a workaround you can use a // @ts-nocheck
comment at the top of a file to disable type-checking for that file: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/announcing-typescript-3-7-beta/
So to disable checking for a block (function, class, etc.), you can move it into its own file, then use the comment/flag above. (This isn't as flexible as block-based disabling of course, but it's the best option available at the moment.)
You can't. This is an open issue in TypeScript: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/19573
If you don't need typesafe, just bring block to a new separated file and change the extension to .js,.jsx