Yeah, well,
Gotta wonder how a real evil genius would approach the whole deal...
Maybe conjure up a completely harmless, bullshit pretense to guage just how gullible and obedient a population might be.
Once it's established who can be counted on to deliver unquestioning loyalty to the party line, unleash a truly catastrophic disease that will run rampant through those proven undesirable by refusing to be manipulated.
End result? A constituency cleansed of dangerous subversives and eager for salvation....
Naw..