These people were literally caught on video conspiring to inflate case counts.  Conspiracies do happen, and conspiracy theories can be true and often are.  Scaring people into doing something they might not otherwise do fits the definition of terrorism:

domestic terrorism

(5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that— (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States; and

Source: 18 USC § 2331(5)

Sources:

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  September 10, 2021. Tom Pappert. “Doctor Wants To Be ‘Scary To The Public’ And Inflate COVID Numbers, ‘If You Don’t Get Vaccinated, You Know You’re Going To Die.’” National File.
  https://nationalfile.com/doctor-wants-to-be-scary-to-the-public-and-inflate-covid-numbers-if-you-dont-get-vaccinated-you-know-youre-going-to-die/.
  News.
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  September 12, 2021. LEAKED: Novant Health BUSTED Discussing Falsifying Their Covid Stats For Vax Uptake. Tim Truth. Runtime: 10:33.
  https://odysee.com/Novant-health-leaked-call:c8227c4a65476d39742d77e47a326ce5074a6add.
  Video.
  The conversation that takes place at 4:08 is interesting as well.  “It’s not as bad as you think.”  When asked about the chaos on TV, the hospital worker on the street said, “Everything you see on TV, someone paid to be there.”
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  September 13, 2021. Stew Peters with DeAnna Lorraine. “LEAKED VIDEO! Docs Push Fear LIES – Kabala Harris Admits Vaxx Doesn’t Work.” Red Voice Media, The Stew Peters Show. Runtime of embedded video: 4:36.
  https://www.redvoicemedia.com/2021/09/leaked-video-docs-push-fear-lies-kabala-harris-admits-vaxx-doesnt-work/.
  News.

Related:

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  March 14, 2015. Bill Gates. “A Guide to Number Games: How to Lie With Statistics Is a Great Introduction to a Crucial Topic.” GatesNotes: The Blog of Bill Gates.
  https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/How-to-Lie-with-Statistics.
  Blog.
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  October 17, 1993. Darrell Huff. How to Lie with Statistics. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
  https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728/.
  Book.

See also, on this site:

• Peter Daszak addresses workshop
• Vaccinated people who die within 14 days of being jabbed are counted as unvaccinated