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COVID-19 and the UK church: Man shall not live by bread alone

COVID-19 and the UK church: Man shall not live by bread alone
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Simon Calvert
Simon Calvert Deputy Director of the Christian Institute and spokesperson for letuspray.uk.
01 March, 2024 7 min read

The following article is based on a presentation delivered by Simon Calvert for the Affinity online symposium on COVID-19 and the UK church. A recording of the full symposium is available on the Affinity YouTube channel.

The first person I ever met with covid was me. In mid-March 2020. In order to avoid passing on this apparently deadly disease, I moved out of the house for two weeks. The first lockdown was announced a few days into my period of isolation.

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