I'm sure this isn't a novel idea, but it's seeming more and more like, this was the initial run of the bio weapon. Close the world down, get people fearing it, few people die(in terms of the number of people in the world), but enough to get people's attention and beginnings of control. Then you scare them with potential "variants", people ignore it from all the false alarms, then BAM, you unleash hell and kill off tens of millions, come up with a "vax" after you have total control emotionally, monetarily, production of any and everything and people flock to you as a savior.
I'm sure this isn't a novel idea, but it's seeming more and more like, this was the initial run of the bio weapon. Close the world down, get people fearing it, few people die(in terms of the number of people in the world), but enough to get people's attention and beginnings of control. Then you scare them with potential "variants", people ignore it from all the false alarms, then BAM, you unleash hell and kill off tens of millions, come up with a "vax" after you have total control emotionally, monetarily, production of any and everything and people flock to you as a savior.