TeaLeaf:

 

the fact a GP is in that lot bundled up by the authorities is a bit of a highlight on why people believe BS. Hes a Dr, he must know (microbiology/virology). They will use whatever ammo they can to suck in ordinary folk using "Dr Google", who just wanted facts. The internet has been an open platform for too long now. I can see how Covid will put talk into action and we will see law and maybe even protocol changes to the internet. Not for freedom of speech, or even accidental misinformation, but for in this case malicious disinformation but potentially for anything unlawful. High level changes globally, more macro at national levels. It does seem a little surreal how a virus pandemic of relatively low mortality has had such a big impact/change, some of which is permanent, to every day life. Watching a movie last night with a line applicable to this, from memory "What do people fear the most? Change" However obvious the sentence is, it is the backbone of conspiracy theories on topics that impact every day living. From there, those afraid of change, target the generalised narrative of fear to grab the layman out there looking for some answers. For this reason I turned down change management roles, further back in my career. But most of us in tech see it day to day regardless of what role we play. Just my 2c on how this whole agenda has become such a massive issue. I enjoyed the stuff article from the "plain clothed" reporter on the anti vax cell.

have you heard of/encountered an electrician that is clueless? a mechanic who can't fix cars? 

some people who are "qualified" have no idea.

let's just leave it at that.

there are a lot of knowns knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns with covid.

as i have explained earlier, many misinformation are based on a strand of factual observations but people use these strands, manipulate the information and come up with irrational conclusions that are incorrect.

and the rest are just extrapolating unknowns into whatever they like, because we just don't know some things, it's easy for mis-informers to latch on to those and make up convenient stories.