HOW DO WE BELIEVE IN THE AGE OF COVID 19?

"Here no promises. In Christ all promises.," said the announcer. Then she programmed funeral music on air. 

I am wondering why Hong Kong which is not really a Christian nation is able to contain the corona virus yet a Christian director is there. I think HK tempers the religious beliefs of the Chinese there by allowing many religions to flourish: 600 Buddhist and Taoist temples, 800 Christian churches, five mosques, three synagogues, a Hindu temple and a Sikh temple. 

In Vietnam which has zero Corona virus deaths has three:  Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism 

But the Philippines, our country, has a high count of deaths due to Covid 19 despite our being predominantly Catholic 80.6%. We have other religions as well: Protestant 8.2% (includes Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches 2.7%, National Council of Churches in the Philippines 1.2%, other Protestant 4.3%), other Christian 3.4%, Muslim 5.6%, tribal religions . 2%. 

Italy, Spain and now Brazil are racing in the charts for the highest cases of Covid 19. 

Is there something in the Catholic and Christian religions that make people think that earthly life is the same as the after life? That is why those patie nts who contract the disease no longer fight to live here?

Is it possible that the patients are clinging to the idea that God is responsible for Covid 19, and that they need to be punished?

Or it is God's way of bringing a sign that he is displeased with earthlings' acts and behavior?

Or that it is all right to die of the disease after all they will see God?

I think we must also examine our religious beliefs as to why we have a high rate of deaths due to Covid 19. Other Catholic and Christian nations also must investigate what kind of prayers are being uttered to patients and what the contents of their prayers are while being treated. 

A holistic approach to treatment of Covid 19 disease looks very necessary after two months have passed and still we are just teetering here and there among countless data that are not showing a totally flat curve.