DY >> when you have a shul where 90% of the people have had Covid, and the other 10% are spread out
if you have 90% of people who were sick, you were doing something wrong.
>> claiming all these rabbonim are being fed
It is possible to be aware of information and still telling their followers not to take certain measures. Biggest motivation would be thinking that their community will be severely damaged by lack of shuls, schools, all institutions they spent years building. One Rav I heard early in Corona on focused his very emotional speech (on the phone) mostly about dangers of Internet. The extreme example of pursuing this protection was an official document that hinted that healthy people should go get tested to reduce the positivity rate, so that the government stops bothering us.
Still, this public position does not take responsibility away from individuals. If you think that you can survive some challenges, why wouldn’t you try to keep someone, including yourself and your family, safer? It seems like your [SAD] excuse might be that you live in such a community where everyone is getting positive anyway. If this is indeed so, and not rhetorical, you should all sit on the floor and discuss why you all let that happen.