The pandemic was created for a number of reasons, the AI and negative aliens want to move everyone towards transhumanism, we'll continue to see increasing amounts of advanced technology.

They've been preparing humanity for integrating with technology over a long time, by polluting foods/air/drinks/water/medicine, and wireless tech. Pandemics and fear allow them to provide "solutions" with vaccines which further modify the body.

As we naturally evolve and become increasingly psychic, if we instead become taken over by technology it's a lot easier for us to be controlled and manipulated (and eventually farmed for our source energy in VR pods, e.g. The Matrix).