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People across the planet are asking whether the novel Corona Virus Pandemic represents nature taking revenge on a rampant humanity.This kind of thinking is not a new. In fact, a new discipline, planetary health is emerging that focuses on the increasingly visible connections between the well being of humans, other living things and entire ecosystems.    In the last few decades we have certainly been faced with a succession of virulent viruses that have jumped from other living organisms into the human realm -Sars, Bird Flu, Ebola, Mers - and we have had narrow escapes each time, by activating hi-tech medical research and particularly by advances in vaccine technology. But as commercial activity penetrates ever deeper into the world's wilderness, we will likely encounter more and more unexpected biological forces we may not be able to control. There is little doubt that Covid-19 pandemic will be a trigger to force our civilization to change some of its fundamental attitudes.