Moshe
“Would the epidemiologist please explain the danger if everyone attending employs safeguards of masks, gloves and distancing?”
Joseph answered your question “How can the gabbai most politely inform someone who it is a sofek whether he’s kosher to be counted as part of the ten, that there’s no room for him?”
People are sending around a video from Rav Asher Weisss that the virus isnt gone etc.
It surprises me that people don’t realize this. (almost) no virus is ever gone .The virus that killed millions in 1918 is STILL around killing people from time to time. In 100 years from now as some other epidemic sweeps the globe people will say the same Covid 19, the one they all get vaccines for (yearly?) .
In theory if people wear masks perfectly sanitize well dont touch shared items etc then no it shouldn’t spread. BUT the reality that it is impossible to keep all of that, and it will spread and more people will get it and some of them will die.
Hopefully not many since most of us have been exposed and have antibodies, but most is not all.
I am not an epidemiologist, but I dont see how the above could possibly be in dispute.
that is the straightforward part.
The harder part is what level of risk do we tolerate? to me it seems the risk is low enough that reopening shuls is warranted. but I am not a posek, so I am not willing to make that decision (not that anybody asked me)