You are 16 times more likely to get Covid if you go here, the study says
Visiting places of worship are four times more dangerous than public transport in the middle of COVID.
For months, coronavirus pandemic has made many places that once made some of our daily routine too dangerous to visit. But with most places now open across the country, it can be easy to forget that some rooms are always aHigh risk of contracting the disease. Unfortunately, this is particularly true of religious gatherings.In fact, a recently found study Visiting places of worship can make you up to 16 timesMore likely to get COVID.
To discover this, the medicine researchers of the Johns Hopkins School examined the behaviors of a random sample of more than 1,000 people in Maryland at the end of June. The results found thatthose who were in a place of worship Three times or more in the two weeks preceding the study had a much larger rate of infection than those who did not do it - 16 times, be precise. It is almost four times the rate of those who had taken public transport the same number of times in this period (4.3 times).
The results of the study also reaffirmed that some security measures can help keep Covid at the bay: those who declared "always" practicing social distance, even while outside were only 10% more likely to become infected as those who reported "never followed" never "the security guideline.
"Our conclusions support the idea that if you go out, you should practice social distance to the extent possible because it seems strongly associated with alower chance to be infected"MAIN AUTHORSunil Solomon, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology of the School of Bloomberg and Associate Professor of Medicine of Johns Hopkins School Medicine, said in a statement.
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Since the first days of the Pandemic of Covid, places of worship have been cited as particularly risky environments for the propagation of the new coronavirus due inside, overcrowded and the commonIncorporation of singing. In some states, the first superspreader events were linked to religious gatherings, includingChurch choir practice in Washington State. It is believed that singing poses such a risk in particular that the Public Health Department of Californiatemporarily put a prohibition to sing And sing in all places of worship this summer.
"OurChurches followed protocols-Masks, go to a door and out the other, social distancing - and always people have been tested positive: "A bishop in Louisiana saidTIL NEW YORK TIME in July.
Disease and Prevention Control Centers (CDC) recognize that worship collection is important for many, andrecommend that anyone seeking to gather Can do it more safely by moving services outside, carrying face masks, maintain social distance and carveling the diligent hand. And for more on what is still too risky, check24 things you do every day that put you at risk of Covid.
