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It's not just states that have declared religious denominations to be "essential" that are having issues either. Here in my own county, there is a Church that is still holding face-to-face fellowhip meetings in people's homes, and one member has already died and 71 members (or people associated with members), including the pastor are known to have the virus (not that Sacramento county has about 300 diagnosed cases total so far, so this Church represents a high percentage of the whole). The county keeps ordering them to shut down, and their response thus far has been to say, "Leave us alone!"
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241715346.html
So evidently, the State and local laws insisting that non essential services and businesses shut down have little in the way of teeth. I know the Mayor of LA finally got the utilities to shut water and power off for nonessential businesses that refused to shut down (wish the article had named them so I'd know never to patronize them when I go down there), but it appears that repeated warnings from police had no effect. If arrests can't be made, then some people will call the city or county's bluff in this. It's probably a very small percentage who are bad actors, but as this Church shows, they can have a major impact on the spread of the disease.
On the other hand, I don't blame cops for not wanting to arrest people right now. Doing so exposes them to the virus, and there's already an issue with jails and prisons with the virus, so they are letting some out on early release during the crisis.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241715346.html
So evidently, the State and local laws insisting that non essential services and businesses shut down have little in the way of teeth. I know the Mayor of LA finally got the utilities to shut water and power off for nonessential businesses that refused to shut down (wish the article had named them so I'd know never to patronize them when I go down there), but it appears that repeated warnings from police had no effect. If arrests can't be made, then some people will call the city or county's bluff in this. It's probably a very small percentage who are bad actors, but as this Church shows, they can have a major impact on the spread of the disease.
On the other hand, I don't blame cops for not wanting to arrest people right now. Doing so exposes them to the virus, and there's already an issue with jails and prisons with the virus, so they are letting some out on early release during the crisis.
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