Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is advising against attending “packed” religious gatherings ahead of the Christian and Jewish holidays this month, despite exempting such gatherings from the state’s stay-at-home order.
“We want people during this time to be spiritually together, but to remain socially distant,” DeSantis said during a roundtable event Monday.
“Please keep God close, but please keep COVID-19 away.”
DeSantis’s comments follow a stay-at-home order he issued last week that made exemptions for “essential” activities including attending religious services in churches, synagogues and houses of worship.
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DeSantis acknowledged Monday, however, that large gatherings, like a funeral that took place recently in Georgia, has the potential to become a “super spreader.”
He noted that some churches have led services online or outdoors where people stay in their cars.
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