Are churches/houses of worship protected against lawsuits by attendees who become sickened (or the families of those who may die) in their space?
I believe THAT is the primary reason many businesses are remaining closed (including churches).
While FReepers laud those businesses that ignore restrictions and re-open (and I understand the financial pressure influencing those decisions), the fact is they may be liable for huge dollar amounts if someone contracts this in those places - and their insurance companies probably won’t have to cover the loss (meaning the business is probably done at that point).
At least one Greek Orthodox is requiring parishes to place signage on its doors to the effect that by voluntarily entering the person is acknowledging that doing so is not risk-free and that they might contract COVID 19 or some other disease and therefore will hold the parish harmless.
Now that only slows down a lawsuit by a few seconds...about as effective as a cloth mask against a microscopic virus.