What does Generation Z, Evangelicals, and the Lt. Governor of Texas all have in common? They’re all lunatics when it comes to the coronavirus.
Current Events
Warnings from federal and state political leaders as well as some of the top medical professionals in the world couldn’t have been more clear. CORONAVIRUS IS DEADLY SERIOUS. STAY AT HOME. PRACTICE SOCIAL-DISTANCING. However, for some strange reason, teens and young adults of Generation Z, Evangelical Christians, and Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick either didn’t get the memo or chose to completely ignore it.
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GENERATION Z
Anyone who’s been watching TV and following the news of late (i.e. all of us) likely saw images last weekend of Generation Z filling Florida beaches for Spring Break as if the current global pandemic that has shut down the entire world was nothing more than a figment of our imaginations.
“If I get ‘Corona’ I get ‘Corona,’ Generation Z teen Brady Sluder told ABC News after being asked why he was ignoring the global quarantine. “We’ve been waiting for Miami Spring Break for a while. About 2 months we’ve had this trip planned,” he said to bolster his excuse for why he didn’t stay home.
“They’re really messing with my spring break,” another teen said. “I think they’re blowing everything out of proportion,” she added.
.In Kentucky, a group of young adults held a coronavirus party designed to purposely defy orders to socially distance or stay at home. Now one of them has the coronavirus and has likely infected others.
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Another teen participated in a dangerous new social media game called the Coronavirus Challenge. The challenge dared him to film himself licking a public toilet, which he did. Now, he’s hospitalized with COVID-19.
EVANGELICALS
Evangelical Christians from across the country have chosen to purposely ignore orders to stay home and avoid large gatherings. Instead, they’ve been filling churches from coast to coast with worshippers who believe they’re above the virus and can merely pray the pandemic away.
One such evangelical is Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Last Sunday, Pastor Spell hired 26 buses to transport hundreds of people from other churches to his service, drawing a crowd of 1,825. A video of the Sunday service showed his congregation singing, praying, touching and otherwise worshiping in proximity much closer than officials have dictated.
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When asked why he would put his congregants at risk of contracting coronavirus, Spell was adamant he was doing the right thing.
“I’m going to address that by laying hands on them and praying for them and depending on God to heal their body,” he said.
Sadly, he is only one example of dozens of other church leaders from across the country ignoring health warnings and believing God will somehow spare them. Others will almost assuredly spring up if Donald Trump lifts the quarantine ban (as he has threatened to do) and encourages everyone to attend Easter Sunday church service because “It’s such a beautiful time.”
TEXAS
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick made headlines Monday night when he boldly announced he’s “not living in fear” of the coronavirus pandemic and is “all in” on lifting social distancing guidelines recommended by public health experts in order to save the economy.
Although Patrick turns 70 next week and is among the high-risk population that is most affected by the coronavirus, he has somehow convinced himself that other senior citizens his age would gladly give their life and die from the virus if it meant returning the US back to normal and saving the almighty dollar.
“My messages is that let’s get back to work, let’s get back to living. Let’s be smart about it and those of us who are 70+, we’ll take care of ourselves. But don’t sacrifice the country,” Patrick said.
As far as we know, no other senior citizen has stepped forward and volunteered to contract coronavirus and die if it meant everyone could go back to life the way it was a month ago.
I just read another story about the kid who licked the toilet. He seems real troubled. But I guess he has to be if he is going around licking toilets. Those kids on the beach were being young and stupid but a lot of them are with Trump and he was telling them everything was going to be okay. Then the governor in Florida refused to close the beach so a lot of people were in the wrong. And anybody who thinks they can pray a virus away is on another mental level. These church pastors are keeping church open because that is their money they do not want to lose. Anybody following them risking their life is a fool.