And now apparently infected meat has been imported and fed to pigs. The well-known omnivorous tendency of pigs is the reason why they are forbidden to both Muslims and Jews. Had there been no violation of the natural food chain this disease might never have occurred. Disease is a part of Nature and is used by It, for Its own purposes. Let us hope and pray that Nature's deeper purpose here is to return us to our natural condition of humility and respect in the face of That which has engendered us and which maintains us still, despite our present hubris.
Nature is the most obvious of the Names of God.
He who has no appreciation of his dependency upon Nature has fallen out of his birthright and into a condition of ignorance that is the exclusive preserve of humanity. In this state we have lost all sense of our spiritual reality and our purpose here in this world, of service to the One Reality and hence to all Its creatures, and have thereby lost our humanity. Thankfully this loss need not be terminal. It can be recovered, but only through facing the Truth, the admission of error, putting a stop to the slaughter, and eradicating from our hearts the arrogance that caused it. While terrible in retribution, Nature is also most forgiving, most compassionate, redresses the harm and shows the way forward.