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neckofthewoods are the Haredi Jewish community not adhering to the lockdown?
I'm sure many members of the community are, however, it seems a lot are not. Anecdotally, I'd say a large number are not.
There's one parades of shops where if you walk past, you'd never know there was a pandemic on. Not a mask or social distancing to be seen. There are other non essential shops still operating locally, clothes shops, shoe shops, jewellery shops, hosiery shops. Like in the wedding venue, paper is just put up to cover the windows so no one can see in (is very commonplace now), and shop grilles are lifted to allow customers in and out throughout. The local jewellery shop even started selling Dettol, cereal & ketchup so they could be seen to be selling 'essential items' and then stay open.
I don't know, I wouldn't want to speak for the entire community, but put it like this, I haven't been into the local sainsbury's for 5 months now. I find the lack of social distancing especially worrying, it makes me more than a little anxious. The last time I went in, as I was stood at the 'disinfection station', a charedi woman came up, stood right next to me, coughed on me (no mask) as she pumped the hand gel and wandered off. She knew enough to disinfect her hands, but not enough to socially distance or not cough on people. My shopping comes delivery only now!