I was going for the principle of indirection with 'outside forces.' It is a bit like listening to a low-quality broadcast on shortwave radio. There are a number of possibilities for the crappy signal-- Is it interference from sunspots, radio noise from the centre of the galaxy, or are the East Europeans jamming the signal? These are all outside forces and only one is an enemy.
So first we figure out that the signal suffers from interference with outside forces (yes/no/its complicated), then, as you suggest, ask additional questions like "Is the emotional response to COVID interfering with the results of my divinations?"

If I am reading it right, my second divination on COVID divinations (turtles... more turtles!) is that the interference I get is a side effect of other opposition from a hidden enemy, and not directly due to a malefic conspiracy against understanding the truth about COVID