I think the point is that dealing with a pandemic is very hard and at least some of how we are dealing with it is based in magical thinking, based on how we app

I think the point is that dealing with a pandemic is very hard and at least some of how we are dealing with it is based in magical thinking, based on how we approach all problems. If anything the main group he points at is bureaucrats, which in the West are not so much a leftist group as a career path in very centrist politics. The fact that he talks about social construction shows he's at least somewhat versed in postmodernism, which is generally associated with left and post-left thinking. He does mention leftist elites, but I think he's more talking about the media narrative than some kind of conspiracy plot.