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  • A cellphone video of a man unloading bags and hard plastic cases from a van outside of a vote counting center goes viral among conspiracy theorists who fa

  • Two naturopathic practitioners with no background in infectious diseases post a video online falsely claiming that wearing masks does not stop the spread of the coronavirus and tha

  • A person with a loved one who was once misdiagnosed by a doctor has a deep-seated suspicion of medical experts. When they encounter a conspiratorial social media post falsely claim

  • People in a Facebook group claim that the Earth is not a sphere but is actually flat. They say that the idea that the Earth is a huge spinning sphere that also revolves around the

  • Pseudo-experts back up claims

  • Use of false evidence

  • Confirms existing fears and beliefs

  • Simple explanation to complex phenomena