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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat do WE have to lose if wingnut churches expose their multitudes to virus?
I know that's callous.
I wonder why it doesn't occur to his strategists that his move could kill off part of his base.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)They travel...
The truck driver that delivers their Amazon packages travels and works with others that do...
If ONE state has the virus in a big way and does not do the right thing we will eventually ALL have it.
But I dont disagree with the sentiment that people who KNOWINGLY infect others we could do without.
StarryNite
(9,464 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,473 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)jpak
(41,760 posts)Responsible people sick and dead
hlthe2b
(102,448 posts)and others who are subsequently infected by extended contact to one or more of them.
kairos12
(12,891 posts)that says, because they must believe COVID is fake news, they will forego any medical treatment related to the virus.
Hekate
(90,913 posts)I'd love to pick up some takeout food not handed off to me by a prayerful, but contagious, person.
My cynical and bitter side wants Trump to go right ahead and hold his moronic rallies -- but his cultists will disperse back into the general population, which includes me, an older and at-risk woman.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,922 posts)If they could be quarantined for a couple of weeks after each service the rest of us would be protected, but what will happen is that they'll just go back and wander around their towns, crowding into stores and bars and restaurants and not wearing masks.
captain queeg
(10,274 posts)And that will embolden them to think god is protecting them.
Coventina
(27,217 posts)If they want to meet in their churches, they need to stay there and not go back out into the community.
Chainfire
(17,671 posts)Are trying to enact "herd immunity" as quickly as possible. People can decide for themselves whether they wan't to join the herd or protect themselves. It is a sad state of affairs.
elias7
(4,031 posts)The more patients with COVID, the more chaotic, the more likely I will make some mistake with my PPE and get infected.
Bettie
(16,134 posts)take no precautions and cough on people to be "funny".
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)and cherished by family and friends. These churches are not islands, and their spread will not be contained to their churches.
lostnfound
(16,194 posts)We arent like them. Anyway, we lose friends, cousins, brothers, parents, neighbors, and fellow human beings.
Skittles
(153,243 posts)these folk have family, friends