Yeah I understand that perspective.
To me, this screams the usual self-victimization I see from these people. You know, "we won't release the data because antivaxxers will misrepresent it, and that's a danger to democracy."
They constantly stonewall people who have sought out the data, pointing to potential harms of the information, or suggesting that anonymized data could be harmful. This is true in both the UK and other countries like Australia.
Why did they stop reporting excess deaths about 3 years ago? It feels more likely they are avoiding culpability rather than stirring up more anger, although the latter is a natural outcome, I think they are afraid, and why we see so much propaganda from them on this topic especially.
They fuck with the language and narrative to such an extent that it suggests to me that they do have something to hide in this case. The media and state bloggers larping as journos always seem to engage in this very behaviour. Like they will make bs accusations against people, and when challenged, will cry that they feel threatened and unsafe.
At this point, to me at least, it is clear that both the natural origins and the lab leak theories both have the markings of being psyops, and my conclusion is there was no pandemic other than a manufactured state of mind and fear.
Out of all the possibilities, that seems the most likely based on the way they have conducted themselves, the protocols they followed, and how they approach the topic of transparency.