Even the people speaking out against the covid shots, like Malone, agree there was a specific, unique, virus, called covid. I don't know of another virus that causes loss of sense of smell (my wife had that side effect, I have an altered sense of smell; she mostly got her sense of smell back, but still altered). There is a reason for all the "spike protein" discussion and treatments. It was real. The shots may be considered a bioweapon, but covid itself was no rumor. The death numbers were definitely inflated to increase fear.