The leeches have used this pandemic to make such huge piles of money all over the world that I do have to wonder how much of the panic spreading news has been for profit only as opposed to convincing people to stay safe.
Combined with WHO fluctuating to the extremes with "you need, you don't need a mask", Sweden no quarantine results vs rest of Europe, in general numbers not making much sense even for one country over periods of time (not comparing numbers from different countries), it's not hard to make a case that the current response to covid is for making money primarily and not caring about general population welfare.