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Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by dahdum on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:00AM (#22421244)
There’s ample evidence “going to church” is one way, and that’s not much different than the others.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:05AM (#22421281)
Perhaps if your church likes to pack in people so closely that they're touching and thinks that it's your duty to God to repeatedly drag yourself to church no matter how sick you are. (The likely index patient apparently attended services 4 times after symptoms started.)
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by bzzzt on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:25AM (#22421367)
Maybe participation in the holy communion by drinking from a cup of wine shared with the entire congregation isn't the best idea right now.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by squiggleblaz on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:34AM (#22423851)
Afaik none of the churches where it has spread were the sort that has that kind of a practice — more pentecostal or cults. (Cults who knows, they could do that. But pentecostals ime don't much like wine and I've never participated a recreation of the last supper when I've been to a pentecostal church.)
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by dependenttypes on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:39AM (#22422143)
I presume that the alcohol from the wine would not be enough to kill the virus, right?
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by paublyrne on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @07:21AM (#22422307)
It's unlikely, wine's alcohol content is only around 13%, you would need about 4 times that to kill the average virus. It would also be on the lip of the cup rather than in the wine.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by Izkata on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:14PM (#22428529)
As a kid in the 90s, my church had a separate line for kids so we could participate too, and we got grape juice.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by Mountain_Skies on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:15PM (#22430078)
Communion wine is typically only 12%-18% alcohol by volume, so probably not.
Re:Tokyo Olympics “looking at a cancellation” if coronavirus... by mlang23 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @10:12AM (#22423605)
IN a part of Austria, they apparently banned holy water now.