We were all shocked at the callousness and selfishness displayed by these Florida spring breakers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. People are getting sick and dying around the world, but all these young people can think about is the fun they want to have, giving no thought or concern whatsoever to their role in spreading this pandemic to others, causing even more sickness and death.
This is the exact same attitude I see displayed on conservative/trad websites in regard to attending Mass. C'mon, you say! Going to spring break and Mass are hardly the same thing! We want to worship God, not party down with sex and drugs!
The trads are telling us that there can never be a reason to cancel Mass and close the churches, not even in the midst of a pandemic. After all, they didn't even close churches during the bubonic plague in the Middle Ages. We must always have access to God and the Sacraments. (I guess they believe that God can only be found in churches and nowhere else)
But the fact is, all large gatherings, no matter what the purpose, are putting people at extreme risk with COVID-19. This is the most infectious disease we have seen in the 21st Century, and for many decades before that. Church doors, unfortunately, do not have the capability of holding back this coronavirus, a completely new disease about which very little is known and to which no adult seems to be immune.
