1. 1. People become like puppets when they are driven by fear and panic.
   2. Now is not a time to be beholden to one’s emotions. Instead, we need to use our heads, not just our hearts.
   3. If the economy collapses, people will die. We have to care about them, too! This isn’t an either/or, but a both/and scenario.
   4. If the economy collapses or if we head into a severe recession or a depression, the sick will be adversely affected by deteriorating economic conditions, as well as the rest of the population. Some who are criticizing those who express concerns about the economy seem to be blind to this reality.
   5. Government does not have unlimited resources. It shouldn’t pretend it does, but a crisis sets it up to do just that.
   6. God has not given government unlimited authority. See Romans 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17.
   7. Government’s job is to protect and maintain unalienable rights, and to maintain order by punishing evildoers and commending those who do good. In a crisis, even if it must recommend or implement safety or health guidelines, government still must, at minimum, show respect for unalienable rights. If it runs roughshod over them, it has violated its God-given responsibility.
   8. Being concerned about the economy does not mean having a lack of concern for the sick.
   9. When an individual makes a statement that assumes or implies that being concerned about the economy automatically means lacking compassion for the sick, the rest of us have reason to suspect the one talking isn’t primarily concerned about the sick, whatever claims he or she makes to the contrary.
   10. Expanding on item #7, all the pro-life talk among the Democrats reveals, not their compassion, but their hypocrisy.
   11. If you aren’t concerned about the economy, you are misinformed, ill-informed, ignorant, shortsighted, and/or agenda driven. Moreover, you’re far less compassionate than you think you are.
   12. The mainstream media are killing this country with their lies and political agendas.¹
   13. The media are more intent on looking for opportunities to accuse President Trump of racism than they are on reporting the truth. Go here to learn more.
   14. At a time when this country most needs to come together, the media are polarizing people and groups at every turn. And they apparently do not care.
   15. Generally speaking, the behavior of the Democrats during this crisis should have convinced every freedom-loving American to vote for the Republicans from this point forward.
   16. Generally speaking (but with a few exceptions) the behavior of the Republicans during this crisis should have convinced every freedom-loving American to vote for the GOP only as a protest against the anti-American, pro-abortion, pro-sexual anarchy, pro-socialist Democrats.
   17. Hatred of President Trump has almost become a religion.
   18. With the onset of warm weather, one of the healthiest and least expensive things one can do is to get out of the house. One can do so and still take steps to slow the spread of the disease, but will going outside even be recommended?
   19. Experts aren’t always right. Not by a long shot.
   20. If the social and cultural climates that currently are in place had taken hold in America before World War 2, the Allies likely never would have prevailed against the Axis powers.
   21. Christians must pray for their nations’ leaders.
   22. American history offers lessons for us about crisis management, and we would do well to heed them!

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¹Here is a sterling example that indicates at least some in the media don’t hesitate to lie and even are willing to sacrifice American lives in their quest to bring down Donald Trump. Here’s another example of biased reporting (also go here). And here’s yet another example of biased, anti-Trump crusading in the media. Contrast CNN’s current coverage of the coronavirus pandemic to its coverage of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic of 2009.

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