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This administration has really scary ties to the Evangelical church

The Trump admin with no advance notice removed warnings contained in guidance for the reopening of houses of worship that singing in choirs can spread the coronavirus.

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Last Friday, the admin released pandemic guidance for faith comms after weeks of debate flared between the WH and the CDC. Those guidelines posted on the CDC website included recom that religious communities “consider suspending or at least decreasing use of choir/musical

ensembles and congregant singing, chanting, or reciting during services or other programming, if appropriate within the faith tradition.”

Earlier this month, the CDC issued a report warning about “superspreader” events where the coronavirus might be “highly transmissible

in certain settings, including group singing events.” That report described a choir practice in WA in March at which one person ended up infecting 52 other people, including two who died

The CDC had added: “The act of singing may contribute to transmission of Covid-19, possibly

through emission of aerosols.”

Two White House officials said the first version posted by the CDC was not approved by the White House. Once West Wing officials saw it, they asked the CDC to post a different cleared document without the choir references and other parts.

So here's the problem world: The CDC is trying and doing what they are supposed to do, be a world leader, but Trump and Pence are preventing them with an iron fist from doing it

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