Luther argues that to risk your own life needlessly, just to supposedly demonstrate your freedom from fear, is proud and reckless. Your life is not your own—it is God’s—and all human life is precious. The Bible demands quarantine for infected people (Leviticus 13–14), and so it is wrong to refuse the precautions and measures necessary to stop the spread of disease. Therefore, to “distance” and do everything to preserve your life and those of others is right and good.
