Did the “experts” fail us on COVID-19? Why “Americans haven’t found a satisfying alternative to religion”
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 22 April 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Many “experts” assured us that religion was outdated—and many now admit they were wrong. Studies show that people of faith report higher well-being, gratitude, and connection, while secularism leaves many adrift. But beyond the sociological benefits lies a deeper truth: Christianity is not merely helpful—it’s true. Because Christ is risen, our faith is not in vain, and we are not alone. The same Jesus who conquered the grave walks with us today, offering hope, healing, and life. The more we know him personally, the more we’ll find that our best days truly are yet to come.
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| 1:04.6 | It's Tuesday, April the 22nd, 2025, and this is Denison Forum's daily article podcast. Welcome. I'm Chris Elkins, |
| 1:11.4 | narrating today's daily article written by our CEO, co-founder and friend, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 1:18.5 | Quote, credentialed experts, especially those in the fields of epidemiology and public health, |
| 1:23.5 | tied themselves to badly flawed theories, closed their minds to new evidence, |
| 1:30.3 | and through the mantle of science overvalue judgments for which they had no special competence. This is how a recent Wall Street Journal article describes the official response to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 1:38.3 | The article reviews two new books on the subject. |
| 1:41.3 | An abundance of caution by journalist David Swig reports that evidence in March |
| 1:46.8 | 2020 showed the virus did not pose a serious threat to children, but American public health |
| 1:53.1 | professionals, quote, remained largely impervious to this fact, leading to widespread school |
| 1:59.1 | closures and disastrous consequences. The other book |
| 2:02.6 | in COVID's wake, How Our Politics Failed Us, by two Princeton political scientists, adds |
| 2:08.8 | that institutions failed us by giving in to panic. According to the journal, they report a, |
| 2:15.7 | quote, willful suppression of reasonable debate, including |
| 2:19.4 | the unfortunate tendency to paint critics of lockdowns and mask mandates as racists, quacks, |
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