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Why are Americans so conflicted over the coronavirus pandemic?

Many school boards across the nation are debating with local health officials and parents

over opening school this fall. Some universities are planning to reopen in-person classes,

while others are not. Some churches are holding in-person worship services, while others are not. Some churches are holding in-person worship services,

while others are not. Some ministers see restrictions on such worship services as an infringement

of our religious freedom, while others do not. Debates are raging over various therapies

and the propriety of receiving an eventual vaccine for COVID-19. Meanwhile, bad news

continues to mount. More than 1,400 coronavirus-related deaths were reported nationwide Wednesday,

roughly one fatality for every minute of the day. The total number of confirmed cases has passed

17 million as of this morning.

The U.S. economy contracted by 9.5% last quarter in a record decline.

The stock market fell more than 200 points yesterday in response.

The chair of the Federal Reserve has warned that the path of the economy depends on the path of the pandemic,

and stimulus payments run out today, as Congress cannot agree on steps to provide economic assistance.

We might think that the worst pandemic and recession in a century would unite us in response,

but the opposite seems to be the case. Why? In an article for the Boston Globe,

cultural psychologist and author Michelle Gelfand writes, the decentralized, defiant do-it-your-on-way

norms that make our country so entrepreneurial and creative, all so deepen our danger during the coronavirus

pandemic. To fight this pandemic, we can't just shift our resources. We have to shift our cultural

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