COVID-19 pandemic Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Religion === {{Main|Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on religion}} [[File:Religious service live-streaming during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.jpg|alt=A man wearing purple vestments and standing at an altar uses a mobile phone camera to record himself. Empty pews are visible in the background.|thumb|An American Catholic military chaplain prepares for a live-streamed [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] in an empty chapel at [[Offutt Air Force Base]] in March 2020.]] In some areas, religious groups exacerbated the spread of the virus, through large gatherings and the dissemination of misinformation.<ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Lee |first1=Mikyung |last2=Lim |first2=Heejun |last3=Xavier |first3=Merin Shobhana |last4=Lee |first4=Eun-Young |title="A Divine Infection": A Systematic Review on the Roles of Religious Communities During the Early Stage of COVID-19 |journal=Journal of Religion and Health |date=1 February 2022 |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=866–919 |doi=10.1007/s10943-021-01364-w |pmid=34405313 |pmc=8370454 |issn=1573-6571}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Kalocsányiová |first1=Erika |last2=Essex |first2=Ryan |last3=Fortune |first3=Vanessa |title=Inequalities in Covid-19 Messaging: A Systematic Scoping Review |journal=Health Communication |date=19 July 2022 |volume=38 |issue=12 |pages=2549–2558 |doi=10.1080/10410236.2022.2088022 |pmid=35850593 |s2cid=250642415 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10410236.2022.2088022 |access-date=9 June 2023 |issn=1041-0236}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Lee Rogers |first1=Richard |last2=Powe |first2=Nicolette |title=COVID-19 Information Sources and Misinformation by Faith Community |journal=INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |date=January 2022 |volume=59 |pages=004695802210813 |doi=10.1177/00469580221081388 |pmid=35634989 |pmc=9152626 |issn=0046-9580}}</ref> Some religious leaders decried what they saw as violations of religious freedom.<ref>{{#invoke:cite web ||last1=Majumdar |first1=Samirah |title=Key findings about COVID-19 restrictions that affected religious groups around the world in 2020 |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/11/29/key-findings-about-covid-19-restrictions-that-affected-religious-groups-around-the-world-in-2020/ |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref> In other cases, religious identity was a beneficial factor for health, increasing compliance with public health measures and protecting against the negative effects of isolation on mental wellbeing.<ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Li |first1=Heng |last2=Cao |first2=Yu |title=Rules We Live by: How Religious Beliefs Relate to Compliance with Precautionary Measures Against COVID-19 in Tibetan Buddhists |journal=Journal of Religion and Health |date=1 April 2022 |volume=61 |issue=2 |pages=1671–1683 |doi=10.1007/s10943-022-01512-w |pmid=35122555 |pmc=8817637 |issn=1573-6571}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Syed |first1=Uzma |last2=Kapera |first2=Olivia |last3=Chandrasekhar |first3=Aparajita |last4=Baylor |first4=Barbara T. |last5=Hassan |first5=Adebola |last6=Magalhães |first6=Marina |last7=Meidany |first7=Farshid |last8=Schenker |first8=Inon |last9=Messiah |first9=Sarah E. |last10=Bhatti |first10=Alexandra |title=The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Improving Vaccination Confidence & Addressing Vaccination Disparities to Help Improve Vaccine Uptake: A Systematic Review |journal=Vaccines |date=February 2023 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=449 |doi=10.3390/vaccines11020449 |pmid=36851325 |pmc=9966262 |issn=2076-393X |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite journal ||last1=Sisti |first1=Leuconoe Grazia |last2=Buonsenso |first2=Danilo |last3=Moscato |first3=Umberto |last4=Costanzo |first4=Gianfranco |last5=Malorni |first5=Walter |title=The Role of Religions in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |date=January 2023 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=1691 |doi=10.3390/ijerph20031691 |pmid=36767057 |pmc=9914292 |issn=1660-4601 |doi-access=free }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page