In fundamental religious groups illness and for sure a large pandemic is the Wrath of God ... this belief is spread wide and far! Usually the Falwells are keen to lay blame on the obvious select groups: homo's and HIV, even hurricanes and disasters are an evil where not God, but man bears responsibility.

Falwell: blame abortionists, feminists and gays | The Guardian - Sept. 19, 2001 |

Trump's coronavirus quarantine rhetoric fuels a dangerously politicized pandemic | NBC News |

This past week, a few thousand students and professors returned to Liberty University's main campus in Virginia despite the widening coronavirus pandemic. Even though many of the classes will be held online, students have been invited to come back to their residential halls and the faculty has been told to report to work on campus.

Falwell, who is the president of the conservative Christian school, defended his decision by insisting that "99 percent of [students] are not at the age to be at risk and they don't have conditions that put them at risk."

Church gathering religious groups, the coronavirus not withstanding ... god is on OUR side and Trump is GREAT!

South Korea: the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive entity, or cult at epicenter of virus outbreak | Straits Times |

After Large Wedding and 240 Coronavirus Cases in N.Y.C. Orthodox Community, Rabbis Called on to Act | Haaretz |

Covid-19 pandemic: Brazil Undone -- "History will not absolve Bolsonaro"

Brazilian children should return to school and young people should return to work. Businesses were to reopen, since the politics of quarantine was `a thing for cowards'. According to the speaker of the lower house, Rodrigo Maia, Bolsonaro was under pressure from investors after the market in São Paulo crashed, losing 52 per cent of its total value between 17 January 17 and 20 March - the biggest drop in the world, according to Goldman Sachs.