Unintended Consequences of Prayer

CDC - COVID 19

I am currently taking a course in Christian (Anglican) theology so I am turning a theological eye upon almost everything (as a student is wont to do).  So I look at COVID-19 and wonder about its relationship to The Great Mystery.  On one side of Christian theology are those who believe that disease is of the devil and not what I will call God.  There are others who believe that disease is a biological/chemical process with a history and causes.

I am of the belief that The Great Mystery is (in part) a great force, the great creative force within the universe, both Life and the source of life, conscious as its created creatures are conscious. 

Now I'm not so sure about supplicatory prayer -- not sure how it works though I believe that it does sometimes work, though not in any predictable way.  Nevertheless, I know that there are many, many people praying for an end to or salvation from dementia, which is in epidemic proportions around the world in those places where people live into old age.

So here's my thought:  COVID-19 might be an answer to all those prayers for a cure for dementia.