The world is of the mind that it can commit no evil that would merit God’s righteous judgment. The world deems itself independent of God’s judicious authority. 

The reason for this self-assurance is that the world is devoid of the sense of its own sinfulness. It is sunk in its own self-righteousness. In the face of evil – this pandemic – many people, probably most, will not repent of their sin, for they are blind to their own guilt.