Religion is providing solace to a lot of people right now and if it’s getting you through these turbulent times that is a great thing. Yet was disturbed to read that some religious communities around the world were ignoring social distancing rules. Bolsanaro in Brazil for example, rejected scientific advice (nothing new there) to allow religious congregations to continue amongst all of this.
This will only serve to endanger the lives of those who attend and, in turn, those who they then come into contact with. Maybe they are prepared to die for their beliefs but it is utterly irresponsible and morally wrong to put others into the same risk category.
It is also wholly unnecessary as God is, according to these religions, omnipotent so you don’t actually have to go anywhere to find him. He will come to you. And you can still have faith and listen to the science because that is ultimately what will keep you and everyone else safe.
But its not just religious folk not following the rules. Every day when I go out for my daily walk I see so many people not social distancing. Not obeying the 2m rule. Not even bothering to consider that the interactions they are having could lead to someone getting seriously ill and even losing their life.
And I do not see anyone out on the street enforcing this. There are no police around. Not anywhere to be seen. We are the only country in Europe that is not enforcing it rigorously and consequently the U.K is now set to become the country in Europe the most affected. Coincidence? Of course fucking not. So if our governing bodies still aren’t treating it with the severity it deserves we need to…so stay the fuck away from each other and we can kill this thing instead of killing each other…