A choir decided to have a rehearsal. Now dozens are sick and 2 are dead

With the coronavirus quickly spreading in Washington state in early March, leaders of the Skagit Valley Chorale debated whether to go ahead with weekly rehearsal. Nearly three weeks later, 45 of the 60 singers who showed up have been diagnosed with COVID-19 or ill with the symptoms, at least three have been hospitalized, and two are dead. As of Friday, nearly a dozen Liberty University students were sick with symptoms that suggest COVID-19 after its president, Jerry Falwell Jr., made the controversial decision to reopen the university when students returned from spring break.