Unpopular assumption:
"Gaia has been killing Billions of humans throughout history with its bacteria, viruses, diseases, insects, natural desasters and predator animals for Hundreds of Thousands of years.
Now that humanity has reached a level of no longer being completely at the mercy of Gaia, humanity as collective consciousness is UNCONSCIOUSLY, getting back at Gaia.
“An eye for an eye” type of thing. Gaia getting her collected karma back."