If you want my answer, it's only an opinion. The communism you fled didn't quit. There is a project to create a one world communist government and a push towards such left wing authoritarianism. The overtake of the education systems and media systems by leftists is a part of a very coordinated effort to indoctrinate people into Marxism. People are taught that nationalism, sovereignty, and small government are bad and that equality and wealth distribution are good.  What they need to really get their government, though, is a global crisis that can only be solved by global unity. This is where the climate change stuff comes from and the China Flu also works nicely. It creates a crisis that they can point to and say "We need a unifying government to handle problems that affect everyone." They are justifying global centralisation of power "for your safety" or "for the greater good." I am personally not of the opinion that this virus is a bioweapon. I believe it was likely an accidental release, but there are systems and powers in place ready to pounce on any opportunity to leverage the world towards more government. The reaction to this flu has been more government power and more government spending both of which are socialist/communist and which normalise such governance. They are priming people to accept this sort of overreach and micromanagement. With the popular support over a tiny flu they are having, they must be laughing their butts off. Obesity isn't mentioned over this for the same reason that it isn't mentioned over gun crime and terrorism both of which are insignificant in comparison. Obesity makes people more stupid, more compliant, and more dependent. Obesity makes you want bigger government to give you free food, healthcare, and welfare, i.e. communism, so it works in favour of the agenda. Gun ownership, violent rebellion, and independent lifestyles not dependent on the government like fitness, intelligence, and masculinity need to be crushed to solidify the government so they are heavily vilified by the media.  The media isn't interested in your health or wellbeing. They are a propaganda arm of the communists and only report things that make you scared and in need of big daddy government to help you.  Also, the economy was due to crash for years and they needed a distraction so you won't notice that they are bailing-out the banks again and printing trillions of worthless paper notes that will cause another collapse in 5 years. If the China Flu hadn't come along, something else would have had 24/7 coverage to keep eyes away from corruption and decades of terrible economic management.