My mum ended up on a ventilator after getting covid and not taking it seriously because she was brainwashed by my antivaxx sisters. She kept refusing the ventilator until she was actually suffocating. Then my oldest sister actually tried to persuade my dad to have the doctors take my mum off the ventilator because it's all a big conspiracy.

She has a master's in microbiology (or biochemistry, I forget which). There is no depth that stupidity can't reach with some people. She also doesn't believe in soap.

The rampant usage of the misinformation machines in everyone's pockets and a blatant lack of a basic understanding of statistics.

Oh and a healthy dose survivors bias.

Feels nicer to believe it’s all because of some nefarious pranksters than accept nature is random and cruel and viruses really can arise at any time and just tear down your world. If it’s all fake, there’s a tangible enemy and someone to blame.

Not here lol, surpluses everywhere I shopped