Did you see that the wet markets are open again. The virus probably had its start there and they are open again. There is no justice. SARS started someplace similar in the same country. Maybe we should shut down places like these wet markets.

I just think that this pandemic is God's punishment for all the killings and cruelty human beings have inflicted on ourselves and on other creatures. We are paying for our sins with our lives. Now we know what the word helpless means, when death is imminent since there is no cure. Have you noted that the news have been silent about wars. People are too busy trying to save their lives and families to worry about national sovereignty and religious fanaticism. To top all that, Easter is coming !! At least God will reap many souls to enter heaven this Easter. This world has become a farce.

I am becoming melodramatic and fatalistic. Please inject optimism and hope into my life, all the good citizens of the forum. Marie :)

I appreciate you writing. I was worried after I wrote that that I would get some pushback or whatever but it means a lot to me that you understand. The thing is I know that not everyone is stupid or capable of the atrocities that are committed on animals but it bothers me that it still goes on and that some people are capable of it and that is not illegal. More laws to protect animals need to be put in place and enforced but I don't see that coming anytime soon and I feel so powerless to do anything significant to help them. I know that some people rescue and that' great but it's kind of a drop or two in the bucket. I agree that what is happening now with the virus feels like some kind of payback and honestly I think humans were asking for it. we pushed mother nature too far and she is self correcting. As awful as this and as sad and scary, some part of me is also happy because I feel like we deserved it. My god, look at what we have done. We've raped the earth and wiped out thousands of animal species completely needlessly. Makes me ashamed to be human. I sound awful, but I don't hate everyone, I just hate the bad people and the people mostly who are in power who set these bad things in motion and then keep them going and keep the truth secret from the public. I wish the virus could just target all the abusers out there but that's not the way it works. If only people could wake up and learn from this then there would be something good that would come from it but I don't see that happening. I think the majority of people are going to go back to business as usual. thank you again for understanding my anger. it's not directed at the nice people in the world or on this site, it's directed at all that human evil that is out there.

You are right Anna, it is the humans who are being wiped out at the moment to the benefit of the Earth. People in developed countries like us have become reckless in their behaviour and in their treatment of the environment, so now be prepared to reap the punishment. I feel sorry for the elderly population who succumbs to the virus. This is the law of the fittest in action, we all must surrender to our frailty, sickness and disease eventually.

Sometimes, I feel that the four horses of the apocalypse are coming. We just have bush fires in our state barely a month ago, and now we launch into the COVID pandemic and curfews. I am so unimpressed with this predicament, thinking....GOSH...What's next? Plague of locus, rising seas?

Andromeda8, I just watched a YouTube video with Mayim Bialik. Most people know her as Amy on Big Bang Theory, but she is also a scientist and an awesome person to listen to. She is a very religious Orthodox Jew and was likening this pandemic to one of the plagues, said we already had the locusts... It's really scary. If you're interested look up her video on preparing for Passover. Very interesting even if you're not Jewish(I am). She talks a lot about life. She has many videos out and is well spoken.

Hi Bethelbee, in Feb 2020 in my state, the sun turned blood red, the sky turned dark orange, and smoke filled the sky and choking everyone in the cities. The forests were burnt to the ground, Antarctica was melting and the sea level rose, we ran out of water to drink as the drought dried up the rivers and dams. We all thought that human existence was about to end. When the rain broke through, we were so happy that God had decided to give us a last reprieve........... Only to allow a brief respite in preparation for invasion by the coronavirus. Nowadays, elderly folks are holed up inside their homes due to the lockdown laws, young people rushing through the streets from shop to shop looking for food and supplies, and people fighting in the supermarkets for toilet papers and disinfectants. Yet we live in a developed nation, one of the world superpower. Where is human dignity and man's innate freedom for self-determination? Humanities are defeated by diseases and pestilence. Has all hope perished with incoming deaths? We are not permitted to worship Easter in church in case we may pass on viruses and diseases to our brethren. I am very sorry for the state of the world these days ! Very sad indeed!