A Washington state church held choir practice days before the full gravity of the coronavirus pandemic was fully understood, and now 4 dozen of the members are sick with COVID-19, 3 are hospitalized, and 2 are dead, The L.A. Times reports.
Back on March 6, the extent of the coronavirus pandemic in Washington seemed to most Washingtonians to be limited to the Seattle area, about an hour away from Mount Vernon Presbyterian Church. Adam Burdick, director of the Skagit Valley Chorale, sent an email to members saying that, though he was concerned about the virus, the scheduled March 10 choir practice would go on as usual.
“I’m planning on being there this Tuesday March 10, and hoping many of you will be, too,” he said.
That was 20 days ago. Now, of the 60 people who showed up for choir practice that night, all but 11 of them have yet to contract COVID-19, the respiratory illness that derives from the coronavirus.
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