This is from The Onion-satire
TALLAHASSEE, FL—In a bold affirmation of faith during a time of widespread global pandemic, the governors of several Southern states confirmed Thursday they have exempted religious services from their shelter-in-place orders, arguing that Covid-19 is a good Christian virus that wouldn’t dare to spread during church. “As far as I can tell, this coronavirus is an upstanding and righteous disease that knows better than to continue its deadly outbreak within a house of God,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement later echoed by Govs. Bill Lee of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Tate Reeves of Mississippi. “If we were talking about some sort of secular, atheistic virus, churchgoers might have cause for worry. But I believe in my heart this highly communicable pathogen will show respect during services and not do anything to harm the Lord’s flock on our day of rest. Now, what the virus does to the wicked, sinful people in our community—that’s between it and God.” At press time, sources confirmed Southern governors had taken steps to ensure all mosques would be closed indefinitely.
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I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard Christians complain about their exemption from the stay at home order. Christians might believe the government wants to infect them to kill off some and weaken others. The Christian pursecution complex of some believers is pervasive enough that they can find reasons they are being discriminated against by any provision.
RussRAB
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Apr 14, 2020
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WTF??? Jaysus!!! Well, the guy is really delusional about how things work... I would love to ask him if the bubonic plague was also religious as most people that died were Christians... I know I'm not very intelligent but this goes way below the limits...
Paddypereira
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Apr 14, 2020
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It's satire.
@KKGator, ah!!! Okay!!! Here's me again talking things too seriously... Lol!!! 
At first I thought YOU were making-up "fake news" . . .
. . . now this make more Silly, Random & Fun (non)sense 
FearlessFly
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Apr 14, 2020
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Makes perfect sense to me. 
@evidentialist . . . but the (apparent) "plagiarism" aspect kinda sucks.
@FearlessFly -- I was referring to the article in The Onion. As for the plagiarism, lots of folks copy and paste all sorts of stuff without attributing it. Sometimes it becomes apparent that it is real plagiarism, but most of the time it's just people posting things they find interesting and not thinking about giving the source. That doesn't excuse it, but it does explain it.
I quoted the source at the top.
@Gatovicolo As I noticed immediately. I love a bit if onion in my news diet.
JimG:
@evidentialist, @Bierbasstard Did you read the very first sentence; "This is from The Onion-satire."
It’s news, though satirical.
@JimG . . . that was 'edited-in' after my comment.
@JimG -- Yep. I had no problem with the post. My comment to FearlessFly was regarding the general idea of plagiarism on the Internet and that I don't get my knickers in a knot over it.
JimG:
@Bierbasstard Sorry, I got to the party late.
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