Given the OP itself was about the political impact of Trump’s position, Politics and Elections is the appropriate forum for it. In fact, the OP said:
Emphasis mine.
If someone had started a thread on “What’s the Straight Dope on the efficacy of hydrochloroquine?” and asked for factual information only, then such a thread could have remained in QZ.
If the primary emphasis is on the coronavirus and its impacts itself, it should go in QZ. If you want to debate aspects of it, discuss political implications, or rant about it or responses to it those should go in the appropriate forums.