An anti-mask Christmas-themed rally took place in downtown Vancouver on Dec. 5, 2020. Screenshot via Twitter
Experts agree conspiracy theories are born out of fear and a need for answers no matter how outlandish
December 16, 2020
With hundreds of anti-mask protestors descending on the Vancouver Art Gallery recently, one must wonder how this came to be. How can we address the movement’s undeniable influence in Vancouver and the rest of North America?
Conspiracy theories surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19) started almost as soon as the virus began making waves in Asia and Europe. Nothing was off the table, anything from blaming 5G cell towers for the virus’ transmission to using Bill Gates as a scapegoat to saying the pandemic is manipulated by government puppet masters or arguing the virus isn’t real at all. The main gist of recent “anti-mask” rallies in B.C. was to call mask-wearing and social distancing ineffective ways of combating the virus, and that the numbers of deaths or infections have been falsely inflated.
Where does this rhetoric come from?
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