# America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead

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**Created:** [May 6, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-bible-belt-played-down-the-pandemic-and-even-cashed-in-now-dozens-of-pastors-are-dead/853240 "2020-05-06T01:31:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-bible-belt-played-down-the-pandemic-and-even-cashed-in-now-dozens-of-pastors-are-dead/853240/31 "2020-05-06T15:44:47Z")

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> Quoth **monstro** :
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> That may be comforting for you to think that, but you won’t convince me of it without any evidence that these individuals were more liable to die over the last couple of months than anyone else in the absence of this virus.

Well, I don’t know the health histories of these specific individuals. But the vast majority of people who have died of COVID-19 have been people who are, in fact, significantly more likely to die, even absent the virus, than the general population.

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