I don't think so. But they did put Vina in my office on Discovery.

[And scared the shit out of him by doing so.]

She said that the further away we are from Talos, the weaker their projection gets. I wouldn't think it's them, but it could be someone like them. It's just a theory.

[And they had something going for them.]

If everything was an illusion, I doubt they'd let McCoy get sick.