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I’m not sure if they (Israel) capitulated to business pressure or pressure from the orthodoxy in terms of “reopening too soon”. I believe many more pious Israelis would put “spot risk” (meaning an exceptional event with elevated risk) ahead of overall directions for disease control. Look at the huge - even this year - pilgrimage to Uman. Relatedly, it was early in Victoria’s woes that a couple of minyans got pinged despite warnings directly delivered. If you put fealty to G_d and a dash of associated fatalism before the laws of your country, of course these things happen.