California County Bans Singing in Churches During Livestream Services By Staff  April 15 2020

A California county has been accused of violating the “integrity of Christian worship” after banning churches from singing while they record videos on their services, reports said.

Mendocino County issued the ban on Good Friday—just in time for Easter—and declared that there was to be no singing in churches for livestream videos and “wind instruments” are banned, too, because they could spread the coronavirus through projected droplets.

“No singing or use of wind instruments, harmonicas, or other instruments that could spread COVID-19 through projected droplets shall be permitted unless the recording of the event is done at one’s residence, and involving only the members of one’s household or living unit, because of the increased risk of transmission of COVID-19,” the order reads.
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