You can build RN apps in ClojureScript and, voila: You rarely have to touch JS.
Edit (it's not without its flaws though): https://youtu.be/6IYm34nDL64
Did you read the article? Compiling to JS is an issue that is addressed.
Only barely; he includes it as the middle of a chain of hacks that highlight, not remedy, the deficiencies of Javascript.
I will not eat green eggs and ham!
Yes, but I was addressing the issue of writing JavaScript, not using its ecosystem. And the lack of a high quality standard library is elegantly solved in ClojureScript by using the Google Closure library.