Any Religious reason why a lot of Jews don't wear Masks?

[mystic]

Sorry I have to ask this question guys but is there a religious reason why a lot of Jews are not wearing masks in Public?

I am normally a defender of Jews with people usually asking me if I want to be Jewish but I have nothing to defend them with relating to this which is why I am asking here.

I had thought this might only be happening here in NY but looking at the online service, not a single person in there wears Masks and the seats are still next to each other?

[mystic]

BTW guys, here is only one example of what's going on in NY regarding Jews not wearing masks just so you can see what I am talking about and hence my reason for looking into this:

www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/nyregion/orthodox-jews-covid-rockland-orange-ny.html

and this one here mentioning their 'religious activities"

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/08/orthodox-jews-protest-covid-brooklyn/

[alon]

I have tried to answer your question without political reference, and I cannot. Were I not a moderator, I'd probably go ahead and post it. But I am, and so I have to behave. So I'll just point out that part of your question was answered in the first artical you listed:

"The uptick in the ultra-Orthodox enclaves north of the city has been driven, among many other factors, by distrust of scientific messaging and secular authority, a dedication to communal life, dense living conditions, and fatalism about the virus brought by a traumatic spring of death and sickness, public health officials and experts say."

Dan C

[mystic]

Understood, I still don't understand but ok let's leave it at that so as not to bring any Politics into it.