At least 70 people infected with coronavirus linked to a single church, health officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In an interview with a Sacramento television station on Thursday, Sacramento County Department of Health Services director Dr. Peter Beilenson confirmed at least 70 people at the Bethany Slavic Missionary Church were infected with Covid-19.

He said he named the church "not to cast aspersions on anybody but to really hammer home the importance of not congregating, not only in church but also in prayer gatherings in people's homes." It is one of the largest outbreak clusters of the virus in the US.

In an archived version of last Sunday's online service, a pastor announced at least three members of the church were infected with Covid-19.

However, the church released a statement Friday saying media reports about the Covid-19 outbreak were "inaccurate and falsely place emphasis on this church." The church also said it hadn't been informed any of its parishioners had died as reported by a local newspaper.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/at-least-70-people-infected-with-coronavirus-linked-to-a-single-church-health-officials-say/ar-BB12973o?li=BBnb7Kz

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Should condem it, being a source of infection and thus, bring possible harm to the overall...

community. I suspect that the local authorities do have this power, after all, if a restaurant is suspected of serving bad/contaminated food, they get shut down by the health department. Where's the health department in this case?

[gibraltar72]

2. Prayer causes Corona Virus.

[brewens]

3. JAYUSUS said, "So wherever you go in the world, tell everyone the Good News." Along

with spread the virus.

[SunSeeker]

4. Similar thing (but even worse) happened in South Korea.

But they didn't fuck around and shut all churches/houses of worship down immediately. Churches are superspreaders. They found that singing (common in churches) really spreads it, aerosolizes viruses. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-38808-z