I'm still kicking. ;-)
Viruses are still poorly understood -- how they work, what they can do, etc.
But it seems to me the ultimate in a designer-virus would not be intended to kill us all off, just transform us from the land of the free, home of the brave, to a nation of mind-numbed robots, busily working to serve our masters in Beijing -- in other words, Democrats.
Seems to be working... ;-)
The Chinese are doing this in several stages... but it’s nice to see you’re thinking outside the box. The key is to think like a sociopath - then it all starts falling into place.