[EggsAckley]

Yes, well.....I'm STILL staying away from crowds. Maybe it's not the Plague, but I still don't want it.

[livius]

That's fine. But I don't think the Church should get into scare-mongering.

Father Bob probably just wants another hour or two in front of the TV, resting blissfully in his Barcalounger...

Seriously, when you go back and read the stories of heroic priests, religious and laypeople who confronted outbreaks of invariably fatal diseases for which there was no cure or even alleviation of pain, you realize what faith they had.