@Aether @xianc78 that's a lot of fun but too easily blown up by world powers that refuse to go along with the ruse. Another pandemic can have some reality to it such as people actually getting sick, and it can learn from the (political) failures of the last pandemic, and it'll trigger all the brainwashing people already have. You might expect a "fed up" response, but all the disease has to be is obviously less of a joke than covid and people are back to physically assaulting you for not wearing a mask.