03-25-2020, 09:59 PM
I think the government is making concessions to religion that shouldn't be made. We just received new rules for our situation, that everything non-essential is closed. We're not allowed to leave our homes except within a 100-meter radius for the sake of buying food and medicines. For the next week, we're on lockdown.
However!!!! Religious groups are allowed to meet, up to ten people, for prayers in open spaces (though no one is going to check that they aren't meeting inside their buildings). This is obviously said to accommodate the custom of minyan in Judaism. It's such a bad idea. We should be physically distancing ourselves from other people at this time—but those in the government are bowing to religious demands in the issuing of their restrictions.
It's bothersome. The rules should be applied to everyone, and we should be doing all we can to reduce the infection rate and avoid contracting the virus. Going to communal prayers at this time shouldn't be an option. My roommate is being careless.
However!!!! Religious groups are allowed to meet, up to ten people, for prayers in open spaces (though no one is going to check that they aren't meeting inside their buildings). This is obviously said to accommodate the custom of minyan in Judaism. It's such a bad idea. We should be physically distancing ourselves from other people at this time—but those in the government are bowing to religious demands in the issuing of their restrictions.
It's bothersome. The rules should be applied to everyone, and we should be doing all we can to reduce the infection rate and avoid contracting the virus. Going to communal prayers at this time shouldn't be an option. My roommate is being careless.