Church amid COVID is not a hugfest with hours of singing

Somehow, many people have become convinced that the most dangerous place to be during a pandemic is in a church — like playing in a gully during a sudden thunderstorm.

Part of the reason is that some early coronavirus outbreaks happened in church buildings (though the first big one in the United States was a non-church event that happened to use a church building). Also, some irresponsible pastors have aggressively rejected masks and distancing, and, unsurprisingly, this has caused outbreaks.