thanks. Your interpretation of his words does not match anything I learned from multiple sources – that we are not supposed to rely on miracles and deal with issues in our world. During each calamity, we had leaders who would try to deal with issues. R Yannai would review psukim of encounter between Yaakov and Esav when going to Rome, but went there instead of staying in EY davening. R Yohanan confronted Vespasian near Yerushalaim (and was not sure till his death whether he spoke the right words).
The author’s criticism (and similar one historically) may be directed towards those who deny Hashem’s role in the world and apply efforts that are contrary to Torah. This is totally legitimate criticism. Here, we are talking about a mitzva of protecting human lives and some people say: never mind, this piece of cloth is bothering me, I am running to the vasikin.