I think an important flaw in this survey is that it assumes people's belief in each element is 100% true or false, or without nuance. I prefer to think in perc

I think an important flaw in this survey is that it assumes people's belief in each element is 100% true or false, or without nuance. I prefer to think in percentages when it comes to these theories, and think many do. A few Chinese scientists came forward recently suggesting the lab-grown theory again. This put my personal "likelihood meter" up a few % points that the thing came from a lab (but still well below 50% since there is no smoking gun), and according to this, it sounds like others may have done similar. That people are politicizing the virus on all sides is 100% certainty. All you have to do is read the news- that's not a conspiracy theory. The degree to which any given aspect (mask effectiveness, CFR, HCQ, etc.) is subject to those politics varies. At least in my circles, most people seem to understand there are legitimate risks and mitigations like masks, quarantine, etc. work to some degree. Again, they believe this on a spectrum. Most people are somewhere between "lick all doorknobs" and "sleep in full body respirator". The pharma industry creating the virus is the least likely scenario IMO (~0%), but again, it doesn't take much imagination to see pharma making money on all this. I don't even necessarily see anything wrong with that, as long as it's done honestly. All that to say, the premise of the article is flawed in that it doesn't account for the full range of belief in these "conspiracy theories". Also, what is the alternative? Unquestioning belief in whom?