but isn t the issue that omicron is way more transmissible than anything we ve had in the last 18 months, so actually carol singing and sitting in the pews together might turn out to be absolutely the wrong thing to do and, if we are going to be precautionary and plan for the worst but hope for the best, perhaps carol concerts aren t such a good idea. er, i think, if that was the case, we d have heard that already from the government. as i say, we are looked at as being a very safe place. one of the things the church does, there is mental health as well as physical health. we ve found over the last 18 months those people have come together in worship, suitably separated, sitting no closer than they need to be, with limits on how many people come in and fill the place up. as that has happened, so it has given people joy and hope and faith and confidence to care for those around them. what would you say to anyone who is weighing up the merits
when the risk of infection is so great, particularly for the elderly? should places of worship still be exempt? - i think they should. as i say, over the last 18 months, we have almost no examples of centres of worship as breeding infection. people are immensely careful. apart from anything else, most anglican churches, to be absolutely honest, are large, cold and draughty. but isn t the issue that omicron is way more transmissible than anything we ve had in the last 18 months, so actually carol singing and sitting in the pews together might turn out to be absolutely the wrong thing to do and, if we are going to be precautionary and plan for the worst but hope for the best, perhaps carol concerts aren t such a good idea. er, i think, if that was the case, we d have heard that already from the government.