Why are we doing so poorly with the coronavirus?

Viruses have gotten smarter over the years. We can’t disagree about that. The conspiracy people would point to the manipulation of Covid biologically from day 1, changes along the way to worsen things, nefarious intent in introducing it, modifying it and continuing the spread. Possible lies re the “vaccine” which technically isn’t even a vaccine, it’s an Governments have lied to us. The question is how deep and widespread are the lies. It could be white lies about small stuff or full blown plotting, the stuff movies are made of.