Collected Item: “Coronovirus Conspiracies”
Give your story a title.
Coronovirus Conspiracies
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
News article
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
There are many conspiracy theories circulating about COVID-19. Some of them are downright ridiculous, some are scary if you start to think about them seriously.
This article tries to make sense out of why these explanations are being propagated.
There are mainly two branches: One that doubts the virus's severity and the other main one that it was released as a biological weapon.
This article tries to make sense out of why these explanations are being propagated.
There are mainly two branches: One that doubts the virus's severity and the other main one that it was released as a biological weapon.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
hoax, conspiracytheory, molepeople, virus, bioweapon, Wuhan, isolation, anxiety, powerlessness, urbanlegend, deepstate
Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/what-can-coronavirus-tell-us-aboutconspiracytheories/ 610894/?fbclid=IwAR1je_YOpjL8XAAwTbIQJYKo_WnhWPyINlAomBFi7CfMGD7 mMtVbH5AEmrg
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
The Atlantic Monthly
Give this story a date.
2020