One of the great mysteries to people who use the space between their ears for thinking is why do religious people ignore the science and pretend that global warming does not exist and support a fascist dictator. Here is one possible theory, which I think is quite feasible.
I think it's an earthly acting out of the judgment day. Accoding to Christians during judgment day true believers will go to heaven and everyone else will go to hell. So if you discount global warming and support racist, fascist dictator then if your fondest wishes come to pass there will be a kind of distorted, perverse judgment day on earth. Since white, Anglo saxon, European, Christians are the dominant tribe in the world, and things like global warming and the epidemic affect minorities and the underprivileged disproportionately, as things play out it will be the dominant white dribe, with the privileges and resources, who will survive and the dark skinned people and the Muslims will suffer and perish. A sort of judgment day in the flesh.