Interesting article on Singapore's different quarantine approach.
This is not the "flatten the curve" attempt by quarantining as many people as we can, but quarantining the most vulnerable. Doing this wreaks less economic carnage, admits more people will get it but they can handle it better and won't need to go to the hospital, and increases "herd immunity" faster I think. I'm not totally convinced, but it could also mean preventing a second wave of the virus hitting once we come out of our quarantine (the "w" they are starting to talk about in the charts).
[Update: as of yesterday, it looks like Singapore has joined most other nations in a tighter lock-down. I think this shows that nations/groups will only take tighter measures when more of their own start dying. Not an expert, but I think it refutes the Singapore (Sweden?) model. Not sure yet what to think of rural areas. South Dakota still isn't locked down. Should they be? Is the virus just slower to arrive there, or won't it hit at all, because of lower population density?]
One of the disturbing things about watching amateur pastors live stream videos is where their eyes point/go. Listening to Jordan Peterson talk about how important that is, helps understand why this is disturbing. He says where people look with their eyes tells you what is important to them. In the pulpit, the pew-sitter understands when the pastor looks down at his notes. In person we have more context to know where they are looking, but when you facetime with a friend and they look off screen we wonder, what is he looking at? Why can't he look at me? For me, it's been a very tricky adjustment to get used to looking at a pin-point camera dot, instead of at people!
I preached last Sunday on Jesus weeping with those who weep, like at the tomb of Lazarus.
Kevin DeYoung has a great counterpoint here, that is important.
Is Jesus weeping now, on the throne?
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