The OT has precedent for quarantine: Levitical laws kept contagious people away from gatherings. James 5:14 assumes sick people DON'T come to church — elders go to THEM. There is no biblical command requiring church gatherings during plague conditions.

OT clean/unclean laws included quarantine-like provisions for contagious skin diseases — sick people couldn't enter the temple. James 5:14: "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders" — the sick person stays home; leaders come to them. No NT text commands gathering during epidemics.