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Faith in numbers: Is church attendance linked to higher rates of coronavirus?

  • Written by Ryan Burge, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University
Faith in numbers: Is church attendance linked to higher rates of coronavirus?Church closures were among the most contested measures brought in to fight COVID-19Mario Tama/Getty Images

The lockdowns that almost every state went into in order to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 interrupted nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives. Businesses were shuttered, schools closed and social groups stopped...

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