Yes, seed a few cases here and there with direct contamination. Afterall a wild transmissable virus could blowback or get out of control. In the same way a blindfold knife throwing act doesn't really throw any knives.

Although, there is always a counter-point and I remember tales of hoarded masks and stockpiles of HCQ found early on iirc. Anyway, the media and government lockstep response is the real damning evidence here.