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1/3rd of Sacremento cali covid 19 cases links to church gatherings.

RAMOSS said:
Well, it looks like in Sacremtnal California, 1/3 of the recorded cases are linked to people who insisted on going to Church related gatherings.

About One-Third Of Sacramento County Coronavirus Cases Linked To Church Gatherings, Health Officials Say – CBS Sacramento

Residents are urged to keep to social distancing,
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Church With 71 Coronavirus Cases Fires Back After Health Officials Say Members Defied Stay-At-Home Order – CBS Sacramento

Who you going to believe? :shrug:
 
some people gonna be doing the ole CYA thing.
 
Hamish Howl said:
Not the church. Churches exist to lie.
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What about mosques and synagogues? Do they exist to lie? Do you hate Jews and Muslims as much as you hate Christians?
 
apdst said:
What about mosques and synagogues? Do they exist to lie? Do you hate Jews and Muslims as much as you hate Christians?
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A church is a church. The brand name doesn't matter. I don't care if it's Christian or Shinto or Muslim or whatever, religion is poison.
 
trixare4kids said:
Church With 71 Coronavirus Cases Fires Back After Health Officials Say Members Defied Stay-At-Home Order – CBS Sacramento

Who you going to believe? :shrug:
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When it comes to medicine, not a church.

The church itself might have tried, but

In response, the Sacramento County health department is doubling down on its initial statement, claiming multiple sources have told them church members continue to meet in homes. The department also said in no way does it condone hatred or violence.
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Meeting in homes might not be the church, but it's not social distancing.
 
It's the singing that spreads the virus. Or so I've heard.
 
RAMOSS said:
When it comes to medicine, not a church.

The church itself might have tried, but

Meeting in homes might not be the church, but it's not social distancing.
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I sourced another article: Access Denied

Despite the county's accusations:

Several church members, however, told The Bee they are in fact taking the virus matter seriously.
Bethany Slavic Missionary Church issued a press release Friday saying Sacramento County’s health official comments on Thursday are “believed to be inaccurate and falsely place(s) the emphasis on this church.” The church’s public information office did not respond to requests to speak Friday, but its statement noted that the church closed March 18 and moved all meetings to online sessions.

The county responded with its own statement Friday: “While we know that the church as a whole has ceased to meet and the leadership is hosting online services, we have been told by multiple sources that there are groups that continue to meet in homes, despite the public health order to not gather with anyone outside of household members. These gatherings have been directly linked to the clusters of cases in the community.”

The county also said it does not “condone ridicule, hatred or violence” toward any church or anyone. Its goal, it said, is to “mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among county residents.”
Church administrator Viktor Lyulkin said Thursday that all services had stopped more than two weeks ago, and that he was not aware of any small gatherings among church members in homes.

He also denied rebuffing county health officials.

“They contacted the office and we told them we have no services here,” he said. “It’s many, many calls.

“We’re looking to not spread the coronavirus.”
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RAMOSS said:
When it comes to medicine, not a church.

The church itself might have tried, but



Meeting in homes might not be the church, but it's not social distancing.
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Btw, I think it's time for the Sacramento County health official to name his sources but I won't hold my breath waiting.
 
trixare4kids said:
Btw, I think it's time for the Sacramento County health official to name his sources but I won't hold my breath waiting.
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Beilenson said 71 of the church’s members who live in Sacramento County have tested positive, and more members who live in surrounding counties also have confirmed cases, though he could not immediately say how many.

Information and sermons on the church’s website indicate it stopped holding large gatherings March 18. The church is the largest Russian-language Pentecostal church in the area and has a congregation of more than 3,000 people, according to published reports. Its two-story building is normally packed with congregants, many of them older immigrants, during multiple services each week.

According to a sermon from Sunday posted online, the church’s senior pastor, Adam Bondaruk, is hospitalized with the virus, as are two other pastors, who were described as “critically ill” by an unidentified pastor in the video.

“We have many different people in our church, they are ill, so we need to pray. We need to intervene,” the pastor continued in the video. “God will hear us, and he will heal us.”

The church has met with controversy in the past, including for anti-gay rhetoric. This year, a well on the church’s property that was used by congregants was found to be contaminated with chemicals from a nearby military base. One of the church’s officials was convicted of pedophilia in 2018.

Beilenson confirmed that church greeters shaking hands with congregants as they entered may have helped spread the coronavirus. In the online sermon, the unidentified pastor said that shortly after New Year’s Day, the church had a problem with the “greeting team.”

“I know we are entering this valley right now,” the pastor said during the taped sermon. “When this thing will be over, and when we [are] going to come here and when we are going to shake hands, I think it’s going to be a totally different meaning.”

As the coronavirus has spread across Sacramento County, infecting more than 340 people and killing nine, health officials said 1 in 3 confirmed cases in the county are linked to church gatherings.

Coronavirus outbreak in Sacramento is linked to events by churches, officials say - Los Angeles Times
 
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