What we miss in a world of baseless beliefs and distorted facts is a global network that’s based on truth There is no better environment for conspiracy theories to flourish than a global pandemic.
At times of uncertainty, when it is unclear when or how we will get out of the predicament we find ourselves in, the painful reality of a long and punishing recovery can be hard to accept.
At such times, the distance between scepticism and paranoid cynicism shortens, and for those who traverse that path, convenient theories that align with preconceived notions can be so comforting as to override any evidence to the contrary.