I have trouble reconciling that the powers-that-be would devise a plan to kill off the most compliant of the herd, leaving the resistors armed, and with reason to destroy said powers.
Good question. What if ADE acts as a kill switch that can be triggered and suppressed? This gives a tremendous amount of power to those who hold the keys; the wet dream of every tyrannical Government in history. This may explain the 6 month boosters coming