@georgetakei
The issue here is that COVID has a high "deniability rate". Especially if you live in rural places where you don't need to see hospitals in your day to day live. And that is what bad actos could insert their denials and lies

I still believe that people can band together and help each other in calamities, when they can all see the issue at hand.

Well on the other hands the bad actors could always say that the aliens are special effects created by CIA or something. So…