Churches have been linked to deadly outbreaks.
President Trump demanded Friday that states reopen places of worship while announcing the release of guidelines on how to safely do so from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and threatened to order them open himself if governors don’t do so, something he does not have the authority under federal law to do.... [+]
White House on May 22, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced news CDC guidelines that churches and places of worship are essential and must reopen now. At a White House briefing, Trump declared,"houses of worship—churches, synagogue and mosques—as essential places that provide essential services," and said he is calling upon governors to open them"right now."he had the authority to do when initially pushing to ease stay-at-home orders.
White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Deborah Birx later said that some states may not be ready to reopen churches this weekend, but that"maybe they wait a week." Gatherings of people in close quarters indoors provides a fertile environment for the disease to spread: A study from the CDC released onfound that 38% of people that attended services at a rural Arkansas church from March 6 to March 11 tested positive for coronavirus with three people dying.
"Some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential, but have left out churches and other houses of worship, it's not right," Trump said.States that consider liquor stores as essential are partly doing so because it prevents people with alcohol dependency from undergoing the sometimes deadly effects of withdrawal, while abortion clinics are healthcare services that, in some states, have been greatly limited through stay-at-home orders.
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