Hope they washed their hands before their prayer circle.
Hope they washed their hands before their prayer circle. Getty Images

Last week, Gloria Copeland, a member of Donald Trump's spiritual advisory council, posted a video on Facebook with some... unconventional health advice for this deadly flu season: It's not the flu vaccine that prevents the flu; it's prayer.

“We’ve got a duck season,” Copeland said. “We’ve got a deer season. But we don’t have a flu season. And don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with, ‘Everybody’s getting the flu.’ We’ve already had our shot. He bore our shot. He bore our sicknesses and carried our diseases."

The "He" she referred to, of course, is the Lord God above, who is sometimes credited with creating the entire universe in less than a week, which is admittedly pretty impressive. We can't even get our laundry folded in a week.

If, somehow, you got the flu despite employing either prayer or the flu shot, don't worry, Gloria Copeland is praying for you. "HEAL THEM NOW FROM THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS TO THE SOLES OF THEIR FEET," she commanded Sky Daddy on Facebook. So you should be fine soon, although she did not mention if prayer will cure herpes, syphilis, or Trump-induced depression.

Copeland, by the way, is the wife of Kenneth Max Copeland, a televangelist who preaches the gospel of prosperity, which says that God rewards the faithful with material wealth. And the best way to gain his favor, naturally, is to call this 800 number and donate to Copeland's church.

A disdain for science and a love of other peoples' money? Easy to see why the President likes 'em.