[unspun]

That's called playing on people's fears and being an "opportunist". You create fear and panic, and then turn around and sell the "cure". You can call that "smart" if you want. I would choose some different adjectives.

Why? I'm not interested in defending Alex Jones.

[Quix]

I don’t think he has any viable solutions.

He may even be used to smoke out groups and individuals providing such.

He is, however, surfacing a lot of info—some of it mostly accurate, imho.

[GLDNGUN]

I didn’t mean to infer that YOU personally “create fear...”. I was referring to people such as Alex Jones.