Wednesday 17 November 2021

Mask and it Shall be Given

I've received a lot of comments about the pictures of the Great Moot in session. Apparently people were shocked to see that barely anyone was wearing a mask, even though we had 100 Druids from around the country packed into the Moot House.

I would like to reassure everyone who has raised concern that we have implemented faith as an antiviral system. Faith is a tried and trusted system that was used by, for instance, the Flagellants during the Black Death and American protestant missions during the Spanish Flu outbreak.

Yes, it is true that after the event we will be returning to our diverse communities. Where druids will then be going out to meet vulnerable people. But then many people who are at the Great Moot are vulnerable. And so we are caring for those in exactly the same way. 

Some say this might be a super-spreader event. But wasn't the rise of the early church, in a very real sense, a super-spreader event?

But we have faith. Faith in the infallibility of the Lateral Flow Test.

At the end of the day, it's about setting an example. If we don't start behaving like everything is normal, even if it isn't, how are we going to persuade people to return to their local Moot House, and sit next to someone who's been at the Great Moot, and is sure that sore throat is just a bit of acid reflux? 

So have Faith. Everything is normal. Everything is as it should be.

Keep Calm and Go to Church.

1 comment :

  1. Not sure if your mask less policy combined with LFT is a safe one, in our church we have maintained masks and sanitation and social distancing. The issue is not about conforming, but about protection for others. The only time I am mask less is when preaching or otherwise working in a service. We would love to abandon all precautions, but we won't until we are convinced we are safe.

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