First, I think it's clear that "They" pulled the trigger earlier than they had otherwise planned. For example, it was late February 2020 and Nancy Pelosi still goes out of her way to talk it down:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi toured San Francisco's Chinatown Monday to send a message. She said there's no reason tourists or locals should be staying away from the area because of coronavirus concerns. "That’s what we’re trying to do today is to say everything is fine here," Pelosi said. "Come because precautions have been taken. The city is on top of the situation."
That's not the way you kick off a psyop. "They" were still trying to get everyone on the same page at that late date.
So what moved Their hand? I would say that Trump was causing all kinds of damage, throwing monkey wrenches into their plans left and right, so they pulled COVID off the shelf as a "break glass in case of emergency".
If there was something specific he was working on They were trying to avert, I am not aware of any information concerning it.
First, I think it's clear that "They" pulled the trigger earlier than they had otherwise planned. For example, it was late February 2020 and Nancy Pelosi still goes out of her way to talk it down:
Nancy Pelosi Visits San Francisco's Chinatown Amid Coronavirus Concerns (NBC Bay Area 2/24/2020)
That's not the way you kick off a psyop. "They" were still trying to get everyone on the same page at that late date.
So what moved Their hand? I would say that Trump was causing all kinds of damage, throwing monkey wrenches into their plans left and right, so they pulled COVID off the shelf as a "break glass in case of emergency".
If there was something specific he was working on They were trying to avert, I am not aware of any information concerning it.