Synagogues, churches, mosques join in urging online-only services
Tonya Jackson (left) prays with church elder Mark Walker at the Holy City Church of God in Christ church in Memphis on March 19, 2020. On Thursday, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland began to urge places of worship to live stream services while the city is in a state of civil emergency due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
“The people who are most vulnerable to COVID-19 are those over 60, those with significant chronic disease issues, and those who medications compromise their immune systems,” said Dr. Scott Morris. “Those are the people who go to church.”
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