Hindu Pilgrims And Covid Bath

[fender62]

astonishing, do they think they are all immune gathering in that filthy river, it's the same one they dump dead bodies in as well?
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/12/india/india-covid-kumbh-mela-crowd-intl-hnk-scli/index.html

[naomi24]

They've always done it, Fender. They won't stop for Covid. The water is terribly polluted. Absolutely filthy.

[emmie]

not immune obviously, but its their religion, so what can one do.

[douglas9401]

Cultural differences doncha know.

[fender62]

just found this pic, if they dont get covid there certainly going to catch something from that filthy river https://www.planetcustodian.com/over-50-scary-images-depicting-filth-of-varanasi-and-river-ganges-that-went-viral-in-china/8134/

[gingejbee]

"went viral"...how apt.

[alavahalf]

This should keep anyone out of the holy river ..
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/what-it-takes-to-clean-the-ganges/amp

[youngmafbog]

I'd have though Covid was the last of their worries, much bigger worry would be typhoid and the such like.

[david small]

I have washed in the Ganges. Afterwards I went and had a wash.

[burlyshirley]

Jesus Christ !!

[andy-hughes]

Never underestimate the power of faith.

[alavahalf]

Having been well beaten with a bible as a child, I don't recall Jesus Christ taking a dip in the Ganges ?