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CDC's Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith for COVID-19

Three weeks from this past weekend will be a marker for the disease.

Rick Warren, pastor and author of the book, A Purpose Driven Life, early in the pandemic said, "God gave you a brain." In situations like we are in today with the president "ordering" churches to be open -- that quote might be a good fit.

Finally, we have the CDC's Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith.

It is a practical application of many of the protective measures we've come to expect and then applied to the situations that churches face with collection plates, singing, sharing facilities, etc. 

I note that they do say "interim" in the title. But wait ... there is more!

Experience has shown that infected persons in a church worship setting can be super spreaders  Let's see what the infection rate is three weeks from this past weekend, and then hospitalizations another two weeks after that. 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.