Perspectives on pandemics

Could Covid-19 be nature's response to man’s destruction of the earth's ecology?

'We are not at the top of the food chain; Covid has proved that,' said Steve. He takes care of the security alarm in our house. A tall lean man in his early 50s, he speaks with a slight lisp and carries the demeanour of an easygoing schoolmaster. He is direct and forceful; unafraid of the unconventional. 'This vaccine thing makes no sense,' he continued. 'That does not mean I won't take it. I will. I don't want to die, but...' Our conversation had veered off from Canada's vaccine rollout debacle to humanity's existential concerns the pandemic has evoked. In Steve's words, 'Our diminishing natural immunity against pathogens and increasing vaccine/drug dependency is an existential threat to our species.'