New York Times Blames Evangelical Christians for Coronavirus

LTC John Shaw - COVID-19 did start in China and the PRC government likely withheld information about it spreading. That being said, our current administration grossly downplayed the severity after learning about it and claimed that the coronavirus was "contained"
https://youtu.be/Qna9-6rcf7Q

MCPO Roger Collins - You overlooked or ignored this part of the NY Times op-ed

"Not every pastor is behaving recklessly, of course, and not every churchgoer in these uncertain times is showing up for services out of disregard for the scientific evidence. Far from it."

LTC Eugene Chu - I agree, I read the article but lost the balance they may have intended. I still think it is a bias article.

LTC Eugene Chu OK, that makes me feel better about being insulted for voting for the elected President, and will again. No, I didn’t read the full article, I just ate.

Cut-paste example from op-ed which included news story citation

'Rodney Howard-Browne of The River at Tampa Bay Church in Florida mocked people concerned about the disease as “pansies” and insisted he would only shutter the doors to his packed church “when the rapture is taking place.”'

LTC Eugene Chu - Sample size of one church to represent all 'evangelical Christians' which in the millions across the country, most supporting the mask requirement. The point of a journalist is to provide perspective. Failed and bias journalism is all I see in this article. Logical fallacies are taught in journalism schools but when you want to established a bias narrative, then I guess you use it anyway.
Things that could have been done:
Survey of the Christian population? Statements by the boards or leaders of evangelical denominations? Attend or observe services in appropriate churches.
This is the equivalent of me saying MAJ Chu likes tofu; therefore; all Army Majors are vegan, anti-meat.

MSgt (Join to see) Yes, the Op-Ed shows me the author has an ax to grind.