i had, and shared, this idea early on over on NNN.

Even if it weren’t true, spreading this “rumor” behind the scenes to select “authorities” of various nations (under nda / threat of “national security violation” of course!) would rationalize/ostensibly justify a lot of the insane actions/policies taken.

There are other possibilities too, such as covid could be entirely fabricated coupled with isolated/localized incidents of lung damage and death caused by chemical agents or otherwise, etc.