I see this argument a lot. The counter-argument is surely that not everybody involved in malfaescence / corruption / conpsiracy has to be in on it [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useful_idiot

Right? We (the US) have enough trouble planning meaningful infrastructure in our communities, let alone a global conspiracy in order to bring about some new world order, apparently coordinated with every other world government.

But, I’ve heard the “planned” argument levied against the CCP, and that it was a bio weapon, and this was a planned release. That argument, while still far fetched, is at least in the realm of possibility for me.