Attraction to Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories Can Be Traced to the Christian Apocalyptic Imagination
…enomenon has a dimension that most people would call “political.” The poll numbers just cited above rise to 1 in 4 on “the right,” among people who identify as “conservative Republicans.” In Canada, the divide is even more dramatic: supporters of the Conservative Party (as opposed to the Liberal Party or the New Democratic Party) are four times more likely to believe conspiracy theories about Covid-19. The problem of the conspiracy-theory infodemi…
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