"It's a touchy subject. A lot of (people) believe they will be divinely protected, that God is stronger than the virus," said Vlad Kirgiz, the editor of The Evening Sacramento, a Russian language news blog. Belief is a motherfucker, eh?
Yes, belief is a motherfucker, which is exactly why I have no beliefs. God Mobsters seem incapable of understanding that people can instead have world views based on the available evidence.
Unfortunately no one has asked the virus what it believes, and I've got a feeling it may be an atheist.
A high probability!