A database for comparative study
COVID-19 is opportunistic. It looks for opportunities to jump species, to spread from one person to another.
Some environments provide excellent conditions for the virus to spread. Think of cruise ships, prisons, migrant work camps, nursing homes, an aircraft carrier, homeless shelters, subways, meat packing plants.
Virginia Conference, United Methodist Church
Most Rev. Anthony Fisher, Archdiocese of Sydney: Step One of the Relaxation of Restrictions (May 13, 2020)… Read the rest
In recent weeks, police have arrested several pastors for holding services during the coronavirus pandemic. In response, national advocacy organizations have sued local and state officials complaining that orders to shut down worship services discriminate against churches and violate the First Amendment rights of Christians.… Read the rest
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America: Considerations for returning to in-person worship (May 12)… Read the rest
Across North America and around the world, communities are considering how and when they should emerge from shelter-in-place practices and safely return to in-person activities.
On March 31, 2020, several Reform Movement organizations[1] issued a statement Recommendations on Covid-19 declaring that, with the exception of strictly monitored funerals, Reform Jewish communities “should not facilitate or endorse any physical gathering of persons who do not already live in the same house.”… Read the rest
“Yisrael are holy,” and accordingly aggrieved over the interruption of t’filah b’tzibur; some are even advocating that minyanim be immediately reconvened. “Yisrael are compassionate,” and it is only natural that our rabanim have been touched by the pleadings of their congregants; some even want to accommodate these pleadings. … Read the rest
