They are subverting governance. What kind of decision allows guaranteed illness and possible death to become part of the USA democracy? Freedom and liberty that achieves adverse outcomes is not freedom or liberty.
This is not a factious virus made up by Governor Cuomo to inhibit the practice of religion. Health Department officials that study the virus, it’s toll on citizens, and methods to stop THE SPREAD are to be upheld in their practices and not ignored to leave people to become ill, suffer and die.
The five crackpots are not qualified to override the sound decisions of a state or city’s health department because some other crackpots within the religious groups, Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel, an Orthodox Jewish congregation is crying about civil liberties at a time when the highest numbers of cases and deaths are being recorded in this country!
When a board of health presents itself and it’s policies with clear, concise data and sound science the Supreme Court has no right to disregard those policies. No right!
There are rock-solid examples in countries the size of New York that proves quarantine WORKS. So, this decision is ideological, disregards current science including remedies, and has no respect for human life.
Let me guess, Republicans, right? They might even be racists for all we know. Supreme Court Justices that put RELIGIOUS BELIEF before MEDICAL FACTS are malpractice of their status. These five crackpots would give Jim Jones permission to kill.
By Rebecca Randall
...Cell phone data (click here) was an early indicator that Sunday morning church attendance slowed significantly in the spring. According to a new model published in Nature, it also reveals the disparities in which segments of the population were able to stay at home and reduce exposure.
Researchers at Stanford University found that churches were among the top five sites for coronavirus transmission, alongside restaurants, gyms, cafes and snack bars, and hotels. According to an analysis of anonymous cell phone data, these places tended to have more visitors and longer visits. In all, the model calculates that visits to these sites accounted for 70 percent of transmitted cases during the first several weeks of the pandemic.
The study used mobility data from cell phone users in 10 large US metro areas throughout March and April. They calculated the transmission rate in various neighborhoods by overlaying US Census data with the density of infected individuals in those locations. (They compared it to the New York Times’ COVID-19 case tracker and found the model to be an accurate prediction.)
Even though black churches have generally been the most cautious about reopening, residents in black and Hispanic neighborhoods who met in person during this time carried a greater likelihood of transmission largely due to their higher mobility and more frequent visits to crowded places....
