No sickness here, either. The whole thing appears to be the combination of a LARP, statistics game, and possibly a bioweapon release at the start of the hysteria. I doubt if there is any virus involved.
Remember they said that about Trump pretty much throughout his term.
It is strange that we could be heading into the catastrophe part of the cycle, and instead of wanting everyone to get along and be happy for the end of the era, they sow discontent and fear.