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3. Attending a religious service indoors: high risk<\/p>
Worship services involve people from different households coming together indoors for an extended time. “All of the ingredients are there for the potential for a lot of people becoming infected in the short amount of time,” says\u00a0Kimberly Powers<\/a>, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She points to outbreaks linked to churches: In one, 35 out of 92 people who attended a service at a\u00a0rural Arkansas church<\/a>\u00a0developed COVID-19.<\/p>
Singing \u2014 whether from the pews or the choir \u2014 is high risk, several experts noted, citing a\u00a0study of a choir practice<\/a>\u00a0in Washington state where over half of attendees became infected.<\/p>
What alters risk:\u00a0<\/strong>If people are appropriately socially distanced, wear masks and avoid singing, it may reduce the risk, Karan says. Also, avoid any shared worship items like hymnals, Janowski adds.<\/p>
Risk goes down if places of worship adapt, Guzman-Cottrill says. “My parish began having in-person services last week,” she says. The church had advance sign-ups to limit attendance to 25 people. Attendees were required to be healthy, wear face coverings and sit at least 6 feet apart.<\/p>Source: NPR<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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