I'll be the guy. Yeah, I do want a pandemic. My reasons are my reasons, but a very dark part of me is incredibly excited about the prospect of millions of people dying. Just like how wildfires actually lead to healthier and more robust forests in the long-term, I think a real pandemic could be the bitter medicine we all need.

For context: I am a millenial. As the status quo currently stands, I have absolutely NO hope that I will have an enjoyable life in the long term. The world will be a much bleaker, hostile place by the time I am nearing retirement age. It's not a world I want to raise kids in, and if it weren't for my loved ones, I would probably just check out once I get bored and things get REALLY bad - maybe in my mid 40s or thereabouts. And without a major global incident that completely alters the status quo, you'd be hard pressed to convince me that I'm wrong. The writing has been on the wall for decades, and the Old Guard has done nothing about it. Covid is only really deadly for older/sick people? Good. Take them. I'll happily trade them for a future that I actually want to live for.