Church going is an assembly, not a grocery store. The virus exists at higher levels in assemblies where people remain in one spot for a length of time greater than a few minutes.
Indoor air is different than outdoor air. We know that a person infected with the virus will be a polluter rather than a breeze when indoors. In other words a person in an assembly, like church, is a smokestack of the virus. The accumulation indoors will infect others.
That is why indoor activities require better ventilation than in the past and quite possibly UV treatment of the air in HVAC systems. I am sure permitting processes can be instituted if an establishment’s air is proven to be safe. That might be the best way forward for California, a retired testing of air quality to determine fitness, which can be legislated.
The Supreme Court chose to ignore the science and decided a level playing field based on discrimination was in order. They are dead wrong. And for some parishioner that might the outcome.
For God’s sake California is in a state of emergency because of an irreverent president of the science. It is a stupid decision and citizens should be careful. The Catholic Church and it’s scientists as an organization, is more cautious than the US Supreme Court.
California needs vaccine.
