Maybe Alabama's Governor will declare Confederate statue cleaners an essential business. Give Tony something to occupy his time while he quarantines in that DNC hotel room.
A phantom plague': America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead Right to worship emerges as battleground in looming culture war as many congregations hit hard by coronavirus https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...navirus-pandemic-pastors-church-a9481226.html Dozens of pastors across the Bible Belt have succumbed to coronavirus after churches and televangelists played down the pandemic and actively encouraged churchgoers to flout self-distancing guidelines. As many as 30 church leaders from the nation's largest African American Pentecostal denomination have now been confirmed to have died in the outbreak, as members defied public health warnings to avoid large gatherings to prevent transmitting the virus. Deaths across the US in areas where the Church of God in Christ has a presence have reportedly stemmed from funerals and other meetings among clergy and other church staff held during the pandemic. The tragedy among one of the largest black Pentecostal groups follows a message of defiance from many American churches, particularly conservative Christian groups, to ignore state and local government mandates against group gatherings, with police increasingly called in to enforce the bans and hold preachers accountable. The virus has had a wildly disproportionate impact among black congregations, many of which have relied on group worship. Yet despite the climbing death toll, many US church leaders throughout the Bible Belt have not only continued to hold services but have urged worshippers to continue paying tithes — including recent stimulus checks — to support their mission. Bishop Gerald Glenn, founder and leader since 1995 of the New Deliverance Evangelistic Church in Chesterfield, Virginia, was the first black chaplain of the town's police. He had vowed to continue preaching "unless I'm in jail or the hospital" before his death from coronavirus earlier this month. The bishop told his congregation that he believes "God is larger than this dreaded virus" just days before Virginia Governor Ralph Northam urged people to avoid "nonessential" group gatherings. During a 15 March service, which nearly 200 people attended, the bishop said: "I'm glad to be in the Lord's house. It didn't have to be this way. The government could have said we couldn't gather at all. Just imagine if the government had the authority to say, you and me, we can't go to church. Aren't you glad you were free to get up and come?" (More at above url)
He works in mysterious ways, perhaps he needed them in his glory, perhaps he needed to scorch the earth of charlatans. In any case, thought and prayers.
ReOpen NC leader says she tested positive for COVID-19 https://www.cbs17.com/community/hea...leader-says-she-tested-positive-for-covid-19/ A leader of the ReOpen NC group revealed in a Facebook post that she tested positive for COVID-19. Audrey Whitlock posted to the ReOpen NC Facebook page early Sunday saying her two-week quarantine was ending. She described herself as an “an asymptomatic COVID19 positive patient.” Whitlock is one of the administrators of the ReOpen NC Facebook page – which has helped organize two protests in downtown Raleigh calling for Gov. Roy Cooper to lift his stay-at-home order. In Whitlock’s post, she wrote about how the restrictions put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic are violating her First Amendment rights as well as her 5th and 14th Amendment rights. She said she was “forced” to quarantine which violated her First Amendment rights. “The reality is that modern society has not been able to eradicate contagious viruses. A typical public health quarantine would occur in a medical facility. I have been told not to participate in public or private accommodations as requested by the government, and therefore denied my 1st amendment right of freedom of religion,” Whitlock wrote. She went on to say that “It has been insinuated by others that if I go out, I could be arrested for denying a quarantine order.” She says an arrest in that situation would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. ReOpen NC said it would hold rallies in Raleigh every Tuesday until the governor’s restrictions are lifted. On Thursday, Cooper extended the stay-at-home order until May 8. A total of 306 deaths in the state are being blamed on the virus, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Several of the ReOpen NC leaders have been advised that they have been exposed to active COVID-19 cases and are supposed to fully self isolate at home. ReOpenNC protesters march through downtown Raleigh rallying against stay-at-home order https://www.wral.com/reopennc-prote...rallying-against-stay-at-home-order/19074804/
At least they are arresting the idiots this time... At least three protesters arrested in Raleigh, one a ReOpenNC organizer https://www.wral.com/at-least-three...in-raleigh-one-a-reopennc-organizer/19074804/
Sorry, had to laugh at the TDS. I do enjoy the covidiots exposing themselves. May her grandpa RIP. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...mes-Trump-grandfathers-death-coronavirus.html
Healthcare workers think these Re-Open people are idiots... Three female re-open America protest ringleaders are arrested after clashing with healthcare workers at anti-lockdown protest in North Carolina https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ers-arrested-clashing-healthcare-workers.html Sending Tweets and FB postings threatening the healthcare workers just serves to aggravate their criminal offenses.