Prayer in the Time of Coronavirus

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Christianity Today

Religion, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.3 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries. Lunar New Year kicked off last week as millions of Chinese people left the cities they live for the homes they grew up in. For many, their trips coincided with the outbreak of the coronavirus, an epidemic that the government has responded to with intense travel restrictions in Wuhan, the city of 11 million, that’s ground zero for a disease that’s killed more than 100 people. The intensity of the quarantine has raised questions from outside observers like Emory University School of Medicine microbiologist Elaine Burd, who worry about the unintended consequences of the government’s move. As the government has “essentially ordered” the people in Wuhan to wear protective gear, it’s caused a shortage of equipment for those actually treating patients, she says. “The biggest problem is that health care workers, who are taking care of sick patients, don't have enough protective gear, and this puts them at greater risk of catching the virus while they're taking care of patients,” said Burd. “From reports that I've seen, that seems to have created some panic among the group we call the ‘worried well.’ These people without symptoms but now don't have access to the protective equipment that the local government and public health officials said they should have. And so they feel vulnerable, maybe excessively vulnerable. So I think all of that really, it can create chaos.” Burd joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and CEO and president Tim Dalrymple about what people should know about the coronavirus, God’s call for her to become a microbiologist, and how her experiences working with an Ebola patient inform how she understands China’s current crisis. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Tim Dalrymple Learn more about Eileen Burd Read a prayer from a pastor in Wuhan Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion. Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail Del Rosario at Apologeticsky.com.
0:22.9	Lunar New Year kicked off last week as millions of Chinese people left the cities they live
0:27.4	for the homes they grew up in.
0:29.4	For many, their trips coincided with the outbreak of the coronavirus, an epidemic that the
0:34.4	government has responded to with intense travel restrictions in Wuhan,
0:38.2	a city of 11 million that's ground zero for a disease that's killed more than 100 people.
0:43.3	The intensity of the quarantine has raised questions from outside observers who worry about
0:47.2	the unintended social consequences of the government's move.
0:50.5	Then we kind of wanted to discuss what exactly is happening with this particular virus, what a quarantine might look like, and also to speak to someone who has some firsthand experience with this type of thing.
1:03.7	You're listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes discuss a major cultural event.
1:09.1	I'm Morgan Lee, digital media producer here at Christianity Today.
1:12.7	And I am Tim Darnable, president and CEO of Christianity today.
1:26.8	Tim, I was hoping that for our gut checkup, I could just get your reaction about this coronavirus situation.
1:33.6	Yeah, well, you know, in our last episode, we talked about the fire spreading across Australia.
1:39.7	And we talked about some of the videos that you see that are really thought-provoking, really sobering.
1:45.4	I think similarly in this case, you know, a different kind of disaster on the old thing.
1:50.8	And you see videos of Wuhan, which is just where the streets are entirely empty.
1:56.0	I mean, it looks like a ghost town.
1:57.2	And yet this is the city of 11 million people.
1:59.9	Numerous cities within that region have
2:02.0	been quarantined here. It doesn't feel so distant. You know, my family, my wife is Chinese, American.
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