We repelled the pressures and prevented a lockdown over Rosh Hashana. Continue following the guidelines so that on Sukkos and Simchat Torah as well we will be able to remain open
-- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
This is funny and true. I expected no lockdown. I do not believe there was ever a serious threat of a lockdown. This government's approach, for good or for bad, has been clearly to try to find a way to leave the country open. A lockdown did not make sense, and the pressure for it publicly only came from people who had no intention of adhering to it anyway. A lockdown for Sukkos also does not make sense, so I am not overly impressed by his warning, but I do agree that the more people follow the guidelines, the better off we will be.
Additionally, the funny part is in saying "continue following the guidelines". Almost nobody is, so I don't know who should continue doing so...
At the end of the day, good job in preventing a lockdown. I wonder if anyone who has been criticizing Bennett and his peers for the past 5-6 weeks about the possible lockdown coming will now praise him for not locking anything down. Everyone screaming over the past month about possible restrictions in travel to Uman while all other travel is open - will they praise him for allowing travel to Uman almost unrestricted?
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