About seventy college students from Texas boarded a
chartered a plane from Austin, Texas, to Mexico for spring break two weeks ago.
They went against the warnings of White House officials who asked people avoid
gatherings of more than ten people and all nonessential air travel.
Now forty-four of the students have tested positive for coronavirus, a University of Texas spokesman told CNN today. Even more alarming, some of the students took commercial flights home. Dozens of other passengers from the chartered flight are being monitored, public health officials said.
These students are unfortunately not the only people to defy
stay-at-home orders and put themselves and others at risk.
I live in Dallas, Texas, where some joggers have continued to crowd trails and parks despite repeated requests by public officials not to do so. South African security forces are firing rubber bullets at people defying stay-at-home orders as they attempt to clear streets, parks, and other public places.
California’s governor closed all state parks to cars on
Sunday. The mayor of Los Angeles has threatened to shut off water and power to
businesses that remain open. On Monday, he temporarily shut down all farmers’
markets across the city.
By contrast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to self-isolation for another six days after his health minister was diagnosed with coronavirus. I tweeted the news earlier today along with this response: “The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it” (Proverbs 27:12).
Why is it so difficult for us to stay at home?
Psychologists note that humans crave human touching, which
releases chemicals in the brain and body that make us happy. We have developed
as a species through collective community, whether in families, tribes, or
cities.
But there’s another factor at work as well: balancing
individualism with collectivism.
Choosing between what we want…
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