I wonder just how many people even went to the movies this year. Among conservatives, the answer is probably zero. So the actors have no chance to develop good will. The good will that allows them to listen to celebrities’ constant whining and complaining about everything.
As for the apparent intelligence of the virus, I bet if you put a virus in front of a computer, given enough time, Covid would eventually write some Shakespeare.
I don’t even know of a single movie that came out this year.