Reply To: Covid in Frum Communities

Syag. I have two thoughts on this: I hear people articulate that the pandemic was over since the curve flattened and we didn’t hear of new deaths or serious hospitalizations. I was shocked at the cavalier attitude especially since there were no directives that allowed once again for big crowds in shul, indoor weddings and kiddushes which overtime gravitated from none to backyards to inhouses with no real reason to do so. No declarations that it’s safe to do so. People just were moreh heter and others went along with it. My second thought is that people believe if I am bashert to get it, so I get it. Shocked again to see particularly the elderly, considered the most vulnerable, going out without any protections. going to shul with masks not worn properly. Have they forgotten “Ushmartem es nafshowsaichem”? Same rationale I suppose why people continue to smoke