Then because of a church meeting that occurred in Kansas City, which lead to at least 18 positive cases (one of which came back to Manhattan), and 2 deaths (one was an attendee, the second a contact of the attendee-so community spread there), Gov. Kelly had a tighter directive, including no gatherings of 10 at churches and funerals. This didn't sit well with people, and the KS GOP overturned the ruling. The problem now is that Gov. Kelly is saying she hasn't reinstated a ban on large gatherings, thinking that this overturn has also overturned the March 24th ban. But the Attorney General says that March 24 ban is still in place.
Apparently people were thinking that Gov. Kelly was trying to say they couldn't celebrate Easter, that's why she put a ban on church gatherings. I'm pretty sure that is NOT what her intentions were. She is trying to prevent the potential spread. We already know that people can be carrying this virus and not show symptoms, and therefore spread it without knowing it. Here in Manhattan, of our 19 cases, one if not two are considered community spread. Which freaks me the heck out. So even IF our church would be having public service on Sunday, my family would not be attending.
Jesus didn't die on the cross so we could have multi-family BBQs and large Easter egg hunts. He died on the cross for our sins, so they may be taken away so we could go to heaven. Yes we should celebrate His resurrection, but it doesn't need to be a public event. My little family is still going to look for eggs, in our own backyard. We will watch and participate in the Easter vigil Saturday evening. We will still have an Easter feast with each other. We are still free to worship!
This virus just so happens to be happening around Easter. If it had started in May, and then got worse around the 4th of July, she probably would have still put bans out then. People would have fussed about not being able to celebrate the 4th. And that's the problem. People can't seem to understand that this virus won't stop, it won't go away until it gets under control. And that can't happen while we are all playing together. Even if we distance ourselves for a while, unless we find a vaccine or completely eradicate it, eliminating every single case by testing everyone and making sure no one is lingering with unobserved symptoms, once the social distancing bans lift, a second wave will start. We are a selfish group of people, always thinking we have the right to do things, and anyone trying to "infringe" on those rights is against us.
I am not in the same political party as my governor. But I fully support her ban on all public gatherings of 10 or more. This is not an act against religious liberty. I am Catholic. I am a scientist. I studied epidemiology. I love math. I know how this spread will continue if we don't become more serious about it. How do you think it went from 1 case to 395,000 in a matter of 3 months? For those who said "the flu kills more," back in February, well this virus has topped the flu in deaths.
Check out this post if you don't understand math and how viruses spread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxAaO2rsdIs
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