My theory is that in the beginning the media/dem complex started hyping the virus as a weapon against Trump, who originally downplayed the seriousness of the virus. Once it became clear to Trump that a real panic was setting in that risked an economic disaster, he decided to turn it back on the media/dem complex. He “declared war” on the virus, started daily virus briefings, urged massive spending, his popularity went up to over 50 percent. Now the media/dem complex is regretting that they started a panic, but they are locked in. It’s not like they can announce, “hey, it was all a hoax meant to defeat Trump in November.” Trump is forcing them to play the game his way. The media/dem complex have tried everything they could think of and it’s all backfired on them for the last 3+ years.
Trump took control of the “virus narrative” so it was no longer setting the agenda, he is now setting it.