Florida church reeling after six members die within 10 days amid spike in case
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/florida-church-reeling-after-six-members-die-within-10-days-amid-spike-in-cases/
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Still, he said, some did not listen. Six of the church’s members, Davis said, died of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in 10 days. Four of them were healthy and younger than 35; all were unvaccinated.
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Since the pandemic began in the United States, Davis’s sermons have urged protection and emphasized the coexistence of science and faith. For Davis, the need to care for one another led him to another role: a trusted adviser in a church where about 75% of parishioners are Black, a demographic that struggles with a legacy of distrust in medical institutions.
The Tuskegee Study from the 1930s to the ’70s – a secret experiment conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service to research the progression of syphilis in Black males without treatment – is one major reason health officials’ outreach in Black communities has suffered, Davis said. Many of his parishioners refused to get vaccinated at a government-run vaccination center in front of the church, prompting the pastor to organize a campaign in March.
“My pushback was, ‘I promise you, we’ll get you a good turnout because there are a lot of people who are more comfortable coming to their church for a vaccine than they would be going to a government-run health location,’ ” he said. “And it turned out to be true. Some 1,000 people registered and 800 showed up.”
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Information is out there - don't rely on MSM, they want sales and clicks. I read other nation's media, as well as web medical sites and journals, WHO advisories, other professionals involved in developing vaccines and so on.
One remote community/region in the far north of Ontario is the hottest Covid plagued area -they were so far away from the centres of infection no one took precautions.
All it takes is ONE infected person to start a chain, and there they are . . .
I live in small town of 2,000 - the largest city (50,000) is over 45 miles away, and too many of our citizens feel like they don't have to wear masks, whatever, except where they are required in stores and businesses.
I won't be surprised when a rash of infections and deaths start happening here . . .
I'm pretty much self-isolated even though I'm fully vaccinated.
This virus is in it's infancy
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