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babylonsister

(171,036 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:13 AM Jun 2020

Super-Spreading Churches Are Next Problem

https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/28/super-spreading-churches-are-next-problem/

Super-Spreading Churches Are Next Problem
June 28, 2020 at 7:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


“One month after President Trump ordered the nation’s governors to immediately reopen churches, his administration is facing a difficult dilemma,” Politico reports.

“Clusters of Covid-19 cases are surfacing in counties across the U.S. where in-person religious services have resumed, triggering questions about whether his administration should reassess its campaign to treat houses of worship the same as other essential businesses, or leave them alone and risk additional transmission of the deadly coronavirus — including in communities that are largely supportive of the president.”
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Super-Spreading Churches Are Next Problem (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2020 OP
Trump: "You'll have packed churches all over our country ... I think it'll be a beautiful time." sop Jun 2020 #1
Bars and churches. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #2
People lose control of their minds in both places. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #5
Exactly. Reason goes out the door in both places. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2020 #6
We're seeing this in our area Docreed2003 Jun 2020 #3
Super-spreading churches have been a huge problem Mariana Jun 2020 #4

sop

(10,106 posts)
1. Trump: "You'll have packed churches all over our country ... I think it'll be a beautiful time."
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jun 2020

The imbecile insisted months ago he wanted the U.S. economy to open back up by Easter Sunday.

Docreed2003

(16,850 posts)
3. We're seeing this in our area
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:38 AM
Jun 2020

A rural county north of Nashville has experienced an outbreak directly tied to "revivals" in the area.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
4. Super-spreading churches have been a huge problem
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 09:47 AM
Jun 2020

from the earliest days of this pandemic.

Churches are pestholes. Churches and bars. Stay the hell out of churches and bars.

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