I have very few religious friends, and those friends are only weakly religious. None of them are stupid enough to believe that prayer can be effective against Covid-19.

Still some mainly evangelical church

Well, since part of the plan to protect ourselves from the spread is to ban people from attending church, unless fewer than 10 people are in attendance, I'd say Covid19 is winning the battle between science and faith.

I was brought up in the Seventh-day Adventist religion, which has finally vanished from my rear view mirror. But I still have many friends & family in the faith, some in the medical field. No matter what whacky beliefs Adventists hold, one is not a reliance on prayer to heal, as their medical system (Loma Linda University, Advent Health, etc.) does not include divine intervention as a medicine.

As far as friends that believe prayers will save them, none, family on the other hand we have some real winners as well as a few that are pragmatic.

I have a fair number of religious friends and family, but none that believe prayer will protect them from this. More that they're praying for intercession that never comes. It's not something I discuss with them. We have a live and let live type of relationship.

If I’ve any religious friends, I avoid that topic.. Praying always appears easier than ..thinking, or doing. It’s a mental copout. A bad habit. Leaves us to do the thinking for them.. Honestly, if this culls the herd, beginning with humanities ignorant ..no loss.

complete hogwash