[wraymond]

Given the historic greed and vandalism by mankind, I wouldn't criticise Mother Nature. She is incredibly generous and patient in the extreme. She is gentle and takes her time to provide the means of sustenance of her sometimes wilful children. Not unlike a real Mother.

The problem is to some extent down to indiscriminate casual procreation and the fall from grace of social respect and tolerance. People read all kinds of dubious meanings into pandemics, often as some sort of retribution - there are notable old books full of it - but in the end it's a simple equation. The nature of Man is at fault, from greed, fear, and territorial ambition.