@daas-yochid You know what? I take back what I said before. I wasn’t just advocating for mask wearing, I was advocating for a lot more, like social distancing. But I still fail to see how any of this is some major destructive force on people’s lives that’s worse than COVID-19. I guess quarantining is bad, but that’s an extreme measure only when someone has direct exposure or showing symptoms, so it’s still pretty important. Maybe making large simchas? I guess, I mean it’s part of our culture to make massive chasunas and bar mitzvahs, but maybe it’s time to rethink that? A Chasan and Kallah married with 100 people in attendance outside and wearing masks will still be the same married as the couple who did it in Marina del Rey with a crowd of thousands. Schools? This is one place where I agree with you. Schools and Yeshivos should not be closed. But they still should be taking reasonable precautions, like encouraging kids to wear masks, and limiting how many people the average kid comes in contact with.
Nothing of what I’m saying is unreasonable, but it’s the people being difficult about the small things like masks (and making outlandish claims regarding their mythical danger and difficulty) that are also probably not trying to make an effort to change the big things either.