You're listening to a bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast, presented by the Denison

Forum and featuring Dr. Jim Denison. Hi, this is Jim Denison of Denison Ministries, and this is the

special edition Daily article for March 19th, 2020. Americans are not changing our behavior,

as we absolutely must to defeat this enemy.

A new Harris poll survey reports that 89% of Americans are still going to coffee shops.

Half of respondents have not altered their hygiene behavior with house guests, such as asking

friends and family to wash their hands immediately upon entering, 58% have not changed how often

they're inviting people over. You may have seen footage of beaches and bars filled with people,

socializing as if the situation were normal. One college student on spring break at Miami Beach

told reporters, this virus ain't that serious. This student is absolutely wrong. Coronavirus is killing thousands of people around the world.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is describing this as the gravest crisis we have faced

since World War II.

As I've written, more Americans could die from coronavirus than died in that horrific war.

The fact that you don't feel ill doesn't mean that you're

not ill. Many people with coronavirus will never have symptoms of the disease or will confuse

their symptoms with seasonal allergies or the flu, but they're still contagious. They can

still infect others, including those who are most at risk. And since more than half of all

Americans have at least one of the symptoms

that puts them at risk, to put the situation bluntly, we can literally be infecting people

who will die as a result. How can we get more people to do what everyone must do?

A psychologist suggests that we reframe the answer as physical distancing as opposed to social distancing.

This is a great idea for two reasons.

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