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Scientology stays open, but says its virus prevention is the best ‘on Earth’
CLEARWATER — As medical experts and government officials warn that staying home is the best strategy to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Church of Scientology has deployed its own response to continue services and spiritual counseling at its international spiritual headquarters.
Every parishioner staying in church retreats or going into a facility in Clearwater has their temperature taken before entering, spokesman Ben Shaw said in a statement to the Tampa Bay Times.
All food consumed at the downtown headquarters, known as the Flag Land Base, is sanitized with a newly installed ozone water system, which Shaw said “kills any pathogen including viruses.”
As many as 350 staff members have been reassigned to full-time cleaning, a routine that includes wiping doorknobs, handles, staircase handrails “continuously throughout the day, nonstop.” Staff living quarters are thoroughly wiped and decontaminated daily, as are air conditioning ducts, restrooms and other spaces, Shaw said.
On Monday, members of the Sea Org, the church’s military-style workforce, were still packing buses as they moved from living quarters to church buildings.
Shaw said each bus “is completely wiped down” with decontamination7, a powerful cleaning agent, after each use.
While the global pandemic has prompted religious organizations to suspend congregating or transition to virtual services, Scientology has not halted the practices that have parishioners and staff interacting in person. Paid services are one of the primary sources of income for the organization, and the system is kept functioning by the full-time Sea Org.
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