(Relevant) Over at Christianity Today, Ryan Burge has put together an interesting look at how Christians are reacting to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, as the pandemic continues to roil through the United States and picks up steam in many parts of the country. Generally speaking, white evangelicals are getting less concerned about the pandemic at faster rate than the average American is but are nevertheless continuing to abide by social distancing guidelines. That said, younger white evangelicals are far behind their peers in one area: masks.
According to Burge’s analysis of a Data for Progress survey, white evangelicals under 35 are thirteen percent less likely to wear a mask in public than those under 35 in the general population. 58.7 percent of white evangelicals under 35 say they wear a mask, compared to 71.8 percent of their peers.