Are you certain that Element does not run in the background? It always does for me, both on my Samsung with OneUI and on another Samsung with LineageOS. Perhaps not really helpful, but my observation is that Element’s background “listening for notifications” is quite reliable. Might this be due to some settings in your OS?

Not entirely true. Humans have successfully modified the genome of plants and especially bacteria in a targeted way for years now. But things are of course much more complex in humans and vertebrates in general.

Please not. There are other aspects to life besides sickness, and there are other methods to deal with (preventing) the latter, e.g., vaccinations and personal hygiene. Seeing other people’s faces is such an important part of human social interaction. A society where everyone needs to hide from the other, regardless of the reason, is a sad one and not one that we should aspire to.

I find it more concerning that you appear to be a bootlicker for religion