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There will still be funerals.
I understood that in Italy, for example, they're not holding public funerals at the moment.
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Didn't Italy keep churches open at the beginning of the outbreak though? Seemed like a huge oversight at the time.
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I understood that in Italy, for example, they're not holding public funerals at the moment.
That’s true currently. I think they’re still largely burying.
South Korea had infection clusters around funerals and moved to cremations with no ceremony. We should probably follow that I guess for minimum transmission but it’s just so damaging. I wonder if very small funerals, recorded somehow (to be viewed by those who’d normally attend) would help?
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miro_o
There will still be funerals.
(from what I gather landmark cultural norms actually become more important in prolonged crisis - they’re a connection with past times. Expect weddings with appropriate precautions and births to be celebrated via media and an effective moral boost.)