Thread by @DrEricDing

📍DEADLY CHURCH EVENTS: 213 #COVID19 cases and 12 deaths after NC church held large gatherings in early Oct without enforcing masks or social distancing.

➡️Yet WH muzzled CDC when it tried to restricted ⛪️, & SCOTUS also overturned / banned church limits.
people.com/health/covid-o…

2) Here was how WH muzzled the CDC on risky church activities.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1316880547340275716

3) Just days ago, US Supreme Court ruled that states could not enforce strict attendance limits on places of worship, even in areas designated coronavirus hot spots. Welp, so much for church advocates being pro life. #COVID19 npr.org/sections/coron…

4) NC wasn’t the only places where churches have appeared a lot.

Here is a word cloud of places infected individuals have been recently according to @ALPublicHealth. Word size ~ proportional to frequency.

5) Bars and restaurants and churches are among top drivers of the the coronavirus spread. How do we know? And how much more than other businesses? See thread 🧵

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1333446524630659073

6) notice how churches stand out among the top infection sources across major US metro areas. (Reference in post #8) of thread above.

7) Churches are especially top 2 infection sites among low income groups. (Ref in thread above)

8) there’s lots of variation of course depending of indoor ventilation, mask rules, room size, volume, density, etc. check out this indoor aerosol risk calculator for #COVID19.

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1332295969786966020