Originally Posted by Bulgaroctonus

Just look at the pandemic from another point of view.

I think that a large outbreak of flu in Southeast Asia could be enourmously beneficial. China poses an increasingly mortal threat to the United States. Thus, it is in the United States interest to engineer a large outbreak in Southeast Asia and have it spread to China. Such an epidemic could kill many hundreds of millions of people and help bring China to its knees.

Of course, the United States should deny involvement and promptly seal its borders.

Besides, the world suffers from population problems, and diseases are important in curtailing our bacteria-like multiplication.