ABSTRACT
In many cultures once referred to as "primitive", it is inconceivable for someone to die a natural death. It is human beings who create the ills that sap them. The theories that accuse human beings always, whatever happens as the primary cause of their own woes follow the same logic as that of the Jivaros, who refuse to accept the idea of a natural death without human intervention. Today many talks of the Anthropocene epoch, and it is true that Homo sapiens are modifying for worse the conditions of the planet. Agamben's position is the extreme pole of that whole host of opinions that consider human beings the fundamental cause of the pandemic. It is true that many of the worst-hit areas in various countries are the most mobile. Fortunately, until now the poorest countries of Africa seem to have been hit less than rich industrialized countries.
