This story shows that one needs to be fairly careful when proclaiming that some disease or disaster is punishment from God, because … who knows? …
  https://www.memri.org/tv/qom-iraqi-scholar-hadi-modarresi-coronavirus-divine-punishment-chinese-mock-islam

     I am now so paranoid and fearful, that even in my mind, I never wish ill of any human being, or even animal or insect, for fear that the cosmic powers punish me. I am becoming as humble as a Buddhist monk, or a celibate priest in a silent order.