I'll nick some of that if you don't mind.
I'd also say for many it's no more complicated finding an easy excuse for not complying with simple infection control measures. It doesn't help that germs/viruses are not visible.
It's tragic that so much knowledge that has emerged over the last couple of centuries can co-exist with so much wilful ignorance.
On a more optimistic note, I did my stint in the village shop this morning and was very pleasantly surprised by a 15 year co-worker talking about Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarianism. We were debating vaccination and the idea that what is right is what provides the greatest benefit for the greatest number. I hadn't expected him to be familiar with that! I'm pretty sure I wasn't at his age.
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Conspiracy theories 
Conspiracy theories 