The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed guidance on its website telling houses of worship that they should limit choir activities because singing …
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed guidance on its website telling houses of worship that they should limit choir activities because singing in a group poses a risk of transmitting the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The warning was part of new guidance for leaders of faith-based organizations that the CDC had posted last Friday. It stated that they should:
But that wording disappeared over the weekend, apparently because the White House had not approved it. The passage was deleted because it had been published by mistake, according to a federal official, who didn’t want to be identified because they were not authorized to speak about the changes.
« CDC posted the wrong version of the guidance, » the official told NPR, adding, « The version that is currently up on the website is the version cleared by the White House. »
The revised guidance on singing now states only that faith-based organizations should: « Promote social distancing at services and other gatherings, ensuring that clergy, staff, choir, volunteers and attendees at the services follow social distancing, as circumstances and faith traditions allow, to lessen their risk.
