Rights and responsibilities...

All around the world, as the pandemic spreads, people of faith are demanding their right to continue worshiping communally. Christians demand the right to attend church services, Jews to celebrate Passover, Muslims to attend Friday prayers in the mosque. Some religious folk go further - insisting that they have divine protection, that the virus is God’s punishment for the sins of the world, or that it is a sign of the end of days. These are dangerous delusions for the faithful to indulge. They’re putting their right to worship above the right of others to enjoy good health. By congregating in numbers, despite the call to stay apart, they are not just endangering their own lives… they are endangering the lives of others...