Jbaldy: Most certainly do have him asked directly. If you are to faithfully report Rav Matisyahu shlita’s reply, it will be they meant EXACTLY what they said b’rabim in front of over 50,000 Yidden.
Apy: I’ve seen Rav Wosner shlita’s psak posted in shuls all over flatbush, boro park, and elsewhere. In Litvish, Chasidish and Sfardish butei medrashim and shuls everywhere. It is written in loshon kodesh.