@commonsaychel There are probably about a hundred thousand frum Yidden in Baltimore who are members of shuls that followed the psak of the Va’ad HaRabbonim. Unlike New York and Lakewood, it was a unified front of the Rabbonim and Roshei Yeshivos of Baltimore putting out very clear piskei halacho and guidelines about COVID. Because of that, many shuls outside of Baltimore in smaller affiliated communities followed it too. There are plenty of Rabbonim in New York and Lakewood that took the psak and actions of the Baltimore community to heart. About half of Lakewood reopened Shavuous, but many more did not. And of those that didn’t, many kept closed because they listened to the Baltimore Va’ad. That is all.
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