The danger from covid is likely the lesser reason for staying home. As mentioned, little kids, teenagers starting to think, tired from work, boring meetings, travel, neckties, isolation induced habits. Then the directive to stay home if you have symptoms; it is allergy season now🤫
We have heard comments from the stage about being where you belong. An elder and his wife asked about a neighbor who is zooming. He has health problems you don't see, close family died of covid. And I think hypochondriac. They didnt know this, so much for shepherding.
I do dishes, laundry, snack, cook while having zoom on. It keeps me awake. Wife will sometimes say let's skip. Usually I tune in so we are counted, there is the increased attendance.
Wife can't get the computer ( tv too) to work most times, so I have a obligation to help her. If I do go she will be unable to get connected. She is frail, and cannot take the hard chairs, crowds, people who back into small people. One serious fall will ruin her remaining mobility. I wonder how the beard will play out.