{"id":7615,"date":"2020-03-12T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T09:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=7615"},"modified":"2020-09-02T07:33:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T05:33:45","slug":"go-ye-therefore-and-infect-all-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.theotokos.co.za\/?p=7615","title":{"rendered":"Go ye therefore, and infect all nations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over at the National Catholic Register, Msgr Charles Pope has an article on why Masses should not be suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> – “Canceling Public Masses in Rome is Not the Answer to Coronavirus<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That makes him and the NCR dangerous<\/span><\/strong> right now. This is horrific<\/span><\/strong> coming from a Catholic priest. This is cult<\/span><\/strong> mentality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lot of respect for both lost here by me. It’s not nice to see a priest and a website one respects start to promote death and disease in the name of piety. Now their opinions are left to be judged by the degree of drivel they have published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe ready to abandon this mortal life and take along with you the people committed to your care<\/strong>. Go forward among the faithful and cause them to be plague-stricken<\/strong>, as a reward, even if there is only one soul available to be sent to Christ<\/strong>.\u201d
<\/span>– nobody sane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saying that going to Mass is fine is all well and good for a priest currently in the USA where people aren’t dying there like they are elsewhere. Italy has had 827 deaths due to COVID-19 as I write this, with a 6.6% mortality rate. One prediction<\/a> indicates that the USA and the rest of Europe will be in the same position by the end of next week. Maybe then he’ll change his mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

827 deaths may not seem like much, but the figure is low because, at the moment, pandemic mitigation is effective. This is the first pandemic that we actually have the knowledge and skills to mitigate and control. But if it went out of control, we’d see many more deaths. That is why measures must be in place to prevent loss of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here's the coronavirus data, overlayed with the dates offset by the amounts shown. One of these countries is not like the rest. Everyone else will be Italy in 9-14 days time. pic.twitter.com\/VESY54X1gP<\/a><\/p>— Mark Handley (@MarkJHandley) March 9, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>