Yes, I thought about that as well recently. The people dropping dead in China footages - they were no coincidence. That was powerful propaganda. Everything was a setup to deceive even more skeptical people like us.

Instead of contemplating whether that was staged, we thought about how the severity of the virus was downplayed (which our media did until what, March?).

We played right into their hands. Not that it had to be for a long time - in April I already knew it was a relatively mind virus. But the narrative has been established and we, those who should have been doubtful were effectively fooled and demoralized to stand up for our liberties.