The Real Reasons People Defied Stay-At-Home Orders To Attend Church

Ebony Edwards-Ellis
4 min readApr 12, 2020

This Easter, the United States was grappling with the rapidly spreading COVID19 virus--a highly contagious virus with an incubation period of up to thirty-seven days and initial symptoms that mimic less serious respiratory ailments. For that reason, many governors across the country have implemented stay-at-home orders that forbid large non-essential gatherings.

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Ebony Edwards-Ellis

Author of "Former First Lady" and "Memoir of a Royal Consort." Twitter provocateur, aspiring shut-in, and newly minted Roosevelt Islander.