I think it would have been easier to just do nothing, no?
Your premise was "do all this shit to hide incoming astroid?"
Not "do all this shit caus they want more ctrl?"
I dont understand your question anymore.
>there is a killer asteroid approaching only elites know about.
everything else is about controlling the masses to prevent mass hysteria.
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Again, your premise was "asteroid incoming, do ctrl to prevent mass hysteria"
but if Asteroid is hidden, no mass hysteria anyway.
if masses knew there was an asteroid coming, and covid was to try and deflect already brewing hysteria, then your premise is logical.