Crackpot theory: SARS-Cov-2 was actually engineered by Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, et al. because growth was falling off and they urgently needed something to keep the shareholders happy.

Thus, they engineered the virus and seeded it in Wuhan, so China would take the hit and it would harm their tech industry while simultaneously driving everyone inside and forcing them to depend on the internet companies. The plan worked even better than expected. Their stock prices soared and profits went way, way up.

(Note that I don’t believe this at all. But it’s fun to think about.)