Who said that April fool can only be funny? We have a little idea about Theymos don't we? obviously, he's not joking.
what's wrong with using this event in an unconventional way since a lot of members are anticipating it. I would say probably he wanted to raise more awareness about this virus since, even at this stage of contagion, some people are still not taking the matter seriously. Personally, I like the initiative and support it, will try not to get infected.
At this stage of the 'contagion' people who used to '
take it seriously', or at least try to make sense of the information/mis-information available, are seeing some seriously shady things and are starting to catch on.
Remember, the Smith-Mundt act was 'modernized' (to deal with the dastardly terrorists of course) a number of years ago now. Lots and lots of shady stuff since then.