I have to ask, what on Earth has Christianity got to do with morality?
It seems to me that some of the most immoral acts and movements in history have been done either under the auspices of Christianity or Christian nations or with the tacit support and/or encouragement of local cult members. It's tempting to think this criticism only applies to Christianity of the Middle Ages but when one thinks of recent national or global societal issues like child abuse, homophobia, misogyny, racism, wars and civil strife etc. Christianity would seem like the last place you'd seek moral guidance. Of course this doesn't mean that there aren't moral Christians, there are, and it also doesn't mean that Christians don't seek moral guidance within their tradition, they do, but we can say the same about any human belief system, there's nothing special about Christianity. When we get real we realise that morality is something that human beings create, and it changes over time as we learn more about how our universe works and how best to organise our societies (often by doing the wrong thing!), this should be obvious?
In our modern (pluralistic) times it would seem unlikely that "Christianity", as an ideology or set of "teachings", can say anything useful or practical about a virus pandemic other than perhaps.. "you've all been very naughty and our God has sent a plague on all your houses.."? Then again perhaps I'm thinking too "old testament" here? Maybe Jesus would have healed the millions of people who have died from the Covid-19 virus, shame he's not been seen in these parts for a while, mysterious ways no doubt..
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