Re: position of Rabbis
I think you need to separate what the Rabbis prescribe as public policy and your personal responsibilities. The Rav may see that if people will stop going to a minyan and children will stop learning in a usual way, the community will disintegrate like happened with previous generations.
And he may be ready to risk his own life to continue teaching.
Does it mean that you are not ALLOWED to do what you can to save life and health of people around you, including that Rav?! Let’s clarify that, see below. And if you are allowed, then why wouldn’t you?
Could someone please ask one of these shailos of Rabonim that are pro-opening their communities, or maybe you already asked:
– are you allowed NOT to fly to a Florida vacation?
– are you allowed to wear a mask at the minyan?
– are you allowed to keep windows open during the minyan? if shul would spend extra money on heat, are you allowed to give tzedokah for that amount?
– are you allowed to take one day a week off work and teach your children Torah instead of sending them to school?
etc, etc