For months now, Nick Brown at the Religious Coalition for Emergency Human Needs has been preparing for the âwhat ifsâ that naturally arise when running shelter programs during a global pandemic. Normally, as cold weather approaches each year, shelters such as the one run by the Religious Coalition aim to provide a warm, safe place for those in Frederick County that have nowhere else to go. But this is far from a normal year. Brown knew there would be a number of possible scenarios, but one that they prepared for -- and hoped would never come -- was put into action earlier this week when someone at the shelter tested positive for COVID-19.