I'm genuinely stunned. R"l. I just don't know what to say anymore.
It’s really unreal. I know that correlation DOES NOT equal causation but you can’t see this and not think about what could have been..
I know of AT LEAST 3 shuls that stayed open where the Rav has since been niftar of corona (there’s a 4th but I’m not positive it was corona he was very old). In the Yeshiva I attended, they stayed open for more than a week and a half after people woke up (2+ weeks after Purim) Since then..
Rosh Yeshiva A: Left hospital after being in serious condition on chol hamoed
Rosh Yeshiva A’s mother: niftar over Yom Tov
Rosh Yeshiva B: On a ventilator
Rosh Yeshiva C’s mother: on a ventilator
Menahel’s wife: on a ventilator
Rosh Chabura: niftar before Yom Tov
Note that they all fell ill well after the bulk of infections started. There was also a Rosh Kollel who was reported ill but I have not heard that he was hospitalized. In another Yeshiva I have a relative attending, they stayed open past Rosh Chodesh. Currently..
Rosh Yeshiva: on a ventilator and considered very very critical
Maggid Shiur: on a ventilator
Every single thing in this post is confirmed first hand info