I think the whole thing was a test of exactly what the author complains about.
It was a Cold Virus souped up in a Chinese lab. The reaction was the experiment, along with the testing, dissemination of the virus and “inoculation”. Inoculation didn’t even matter, given the low lethality of the virus.
The extent that the government could shut down a country, force people to lock themselves in their homes, follow “cattle-like” orders in public and submit to “testing” and letting a government stick a needle in their arms - this was what was being tested. The ballot boxes also gave us the 2020 stolen election.
Why? Because at some point, with enough experience, the virus will be lethal. Then, the ballot boxes won’t even be used.
I don’t believe that the virus will ever be particularly lethal, because the virus could easily infect those who inflicted it. The inoculation, on the other hand, is as precise as any bullet ...