Pandemic Theories

(This is not an A to Z post. Please scroll for those. Thanks.)

Some of the theories about the current pandemic. Are they crazy? Worse, are they true?

The Earth Theory:

Not taking climate change seriously enough? You aren't the only species living here, but you are the one causing the problem. So the Earth is getting rid of a bunch of you to save itself.
See movie: The Happening

The X-men / Heroes Theory:

Evolution has caused some people to evolve with superpowers. There's a way to prevent it, but only if the entire population is inoculated. There are already people who won't take the vaccine for polio and whatever. So a new threat was needed, one that would come with a global pandemic so laws could be passed requiring every healthy person to get the vaccine, and to do so with minimal resistance.
See TV show: Heroes

Zombie Theory:

A government was testing a virus. Because that government owes China way more money than it can pay, they opted to secretly test there. But it mutated and got out. And now it has spread across the globe. Naturally, that government will never admit to what it did. I mean, come on, you've got people being violent against anyone who likes like they might have ancestors from any part of the entire Asian continent. The person may be smart, but people are freaking stupid.
See movie: Outbreak

Time Travel Theory:

Why hasn't a time traveler come to stop this? Because time travel isn't possible? Or because a time traveler actually started this?


Robot Theory:

A company has created AI robots who can do all the jobs people do. Except people do the jobs. People not doing the jobs is called unemployment, and a high rate of that costs politicians elections. However, if there were a reason that people couldn't do jobs, if they had to stay home, then the robots could take over. The governments would give lots of their money to this company for these robots. So much so that the company would become the world's largest economy. And the robots could end wealth inequality. Robots can't allow people to suffer, therefore they can't allow poverty, starvation, homelessness. They'd have to make sure everyone had enough. They also couldn't allow wars. Some versions of this result in the robots killing all the humans.
See movies: Wall-e  I, Robot


Why am I writing about this?
🐇 Plot bunnies for stories. Does anyone want to read these stories right now? Probably not. I don't. But these things are in my head (and on the Internet, because no sooner do I think it than I see someone else mentioning it).

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