A new survey finds most US churches haven't limited communal singing, despite warnings from the Centers for Disease Control that singing in close proximity can facilitate the spread of the coronavirus.
Since the coronavirus pandemic began in March, religion in the US has seemed a helter-skelter mix of legal disputes and defiant pastors, altered rites and sanctuaries as sites of contagion.
But that picture hides a broad consensus about what congregations should be and are doing during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Just 12% of Americans said they attended a house of worship from mid-June to mid-July. That's down from a Gallup poll last year that found 34% of Americans said they had attended a religious service in the past week.More than half who regularly attend religious services say their congregation is open.
Choir performs without masks at Pence event 01:56But a much lower percentage say their congregation has limited communal singing, despite warnings from the Centers for Disease Control that singing in close proximity can facilitate spread of the coronavirus. The CDC recommends that organizations"consider temporarily suspending singing, chanting, or shouting during events especially when participants are in close proximity to each other.
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