Sure does. All fearmongering purposely sounds sinister. A terrified population is a compliant population. It’s standard COINTELPRO tactics.

1. Say [thing] will happen. [Thing] is benevolent.
2. Create controlled opposition group that says [opposite of thing] will happen. Claims [thing] is malevolent.
3. Some people believe you, some people believe controlled opposition.
4. Controlled opposition terrifies supporters; they behave differently.
5. Different behavior terrifies your supporters; they demand response.
6. Different behavior used as justification for expansion of your own control.
7. [Thing] happens exactly as you said.
8. People who believed controlled opposition look like idiots; refuse to believe anything but what you say ever again.
9. Say [new thing] will happen. [New thing] is malevolent. Claim [new thing] is benevolent instead.
10. Everyone believes you.
11. Tiny group of not controlled opposition truthfully says [new thing] is malevolent.
12. No one believes them due to guilt by association.
13. [New thing] happens. Expansion of your own control continues.

Rinse and repeat.