Is the virus different? Do we have 2 different strains? Is that what you are implying?
I’m implying Israel had a better handle early on, so they are now in a different situation as far as infection prevalence.
There is also the matter of the weather, and that the mortality rate does overall seem to be much lower there. That might be a testing thing tho.
Btw, do you think the bmg rabbanim have jurisdiction on everyone residing in Lakewood? Think all the people who moved to Lakewood from nyc in the last few years....
So my point is that it might not be a “universal” “Lakewood” psak
I don’t know. 4 of the most preeminent poskim in Lakewood, along with a Rosh Yeshiva and doctors, very clearly assur’d certain actions. Maybe someone has a posek who said otherwise in Lakewood, but it was implied in OPs post that they were seemingly trying to conduct a “porch minyan” just with flagrant violations.