In this article on PBS News, Reboot President Helen Lee Bouygues comments on the world’s struggles to break the grip of COVID-19 and its conspiracy theories, which have led people to eschew masks, social distancing, and vaccines.
They’re seeing links between beliefs in COVID-19 falsehoods and the reliance on social media as a source of news and information.
And they’re concluding COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist by providing a false sense of empowerment. By offering hidden or secretive explanations, they give the believer a feeling of control in a situation that otherwise seems random or frightening.
