spudlydoo
I think the governments and the corporations do not orchestrate world events, nor do I think there are secret societies or aliens that do this either, (although there are many that do believe that).
The governments and corporations, are opportunists, they will take something like a small outbreak of a manufactured or not, virus, and use it to run a scare campaign, in order to enact new "emergency legislation", the same goes for terrorist attacks, (if that is what they were), to enact legislation, supposedly to make people safer, but it doesn't. It does suit the governments and corporations to convince people that they are safer.
So in this way I do think that there is a problem-reaction-solution, theme happening. What I don't believe, is that these powers, plan or create these events, they are simply taking advantage of what comes their way.
They desire more power, more profit, and that means more control.
spud