Gov. Greg Abbott's new statewide mask mandate exempts voting sites and churches. https://t.co/62ATRf4HjB— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) July 3, 2020
Can't be expected to hand out masks.* And churches are safe zones, right?
At least five members of the choir and orchestra at the Dallas megachurch visited by Vice President Mike Pence this weekend tested positive for the coronavirus in June, according to Facebook posts and internal church emails reviewed by BuzzFeed News.*Kinda wonder how many people will stand in line with even one maskless person.
An additional orchestra member had symptoms several days after being exposed and was awaiting a test result in mid-June, according to a call for prayers sent to the church’s musicians.
None of those six people were at the First Baptist church in Dallas during Pence’s hour-and-a-half-hour visit on Sunday, but it's unclear how many of the musicians who performed for Pence may have been exposed during previous practices and performances with those who were infected.
Public health experts have expressed particular concerns about the dangers of indoor singing and wind instruments in large groups, which can readily spread the respiratory virus.
The choir and orchestra performed for Pence without masks, according to a video of the event reviewed by BuzzFeed News.
I don't understand how a governmental action that can be expected to lead directly to the serious illness and deaths and exposure to those of thousands of church goers, certainly most of those Christians, cannot be seen as an act hostile to Christianity, or Judaism or Islam, etc. But mostly against the kinds of Christians living in that polity. Someone should ask him why he's doing what anti-Christian militants are doing elsewhere, killing Christians.
ReplyDeleteThe polling places, Republicans have only one goal at those, to prevent people from voting. This year they've got even more reason for that and their Supreme Court is openly joining in the voter suppression attempt. The Supreme Court needs to be held accountable, reigned in and punished for its serial crimes against democracy.