Covid-19 Might Self-Eliminate?

A virus cannot survive without its hosts (it needs them to replicate)! Sars-CoV-2 seemingly hit the jackpot, when it became capable of infecting humans. There were millions of these, relatively large (lots of cells to invade), social (greatly facilitating transmission) animals and they flitted, at speed, all over the globe (meaning that viruses could get to all locations on a crowded planet). Bats are for losers! A recent study, however, suggests that the pandemic has caused the new host to largely abandon its feeble attempts to save itself and the planet it lives on. Most countries are reported to be'pouring money' into fossil fuels, in an attempt to deal with the economic recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/09/revealed-covid-recovery-plans-threaten-global-climate-hopes). Some are more lemming-like (this is actually unkind to lemmings, as their 'cliff diving' is a migratory response rather than suicidal) than others. The EU (largely Germany and France) seems to be putting most post Covid-19 effort into low carbon alternatives for energy supply and transport (but they are still keen on piped Russian natural gas). Inspite of making positive noises about the environment, China seems to be doing worst as it continues to increase its finance for chasing fossil fuels. The UK appears to be another country, that makes positive noises about reducing its focus on oil and gas, without following up on the needed investments (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/08/global-experts-question-uks-commitment-to-tackle-climate-crisis). Although a change of the US President will seemingly happen in January 2021, we don't know whether a meaningful move to a 'green economy' will actually follow or, if it does, follow quickly enough. Politicians in democracies have always been very focused on short-term answers, as most are elected for short terms. They have tended to put off making difficult decisions for later, in case it damages their chances of re-election. Actually, for once, there may not be much of a later, as there appears to be only a narrow window to change things. If countries continue to focus on acute economic pain (I know it's real) by chasing coal, gas and oil, greenhouse gas emissions will continue their inexorable trajectories and irreversible climate change will occur. The hosts (accompanied many other organisms that share the planet) will be gone, along with the virus. I'm not sure whether 'taking it down with us' is much of a compensation!