“The results of the poll may seem startling, but it also reflects just how difficult it’s been to convey accurate information about the pandemic clearly to those who need it the most.” Vox: Nearly a third of Americans believe a conspiracy theory about the origins of the coronavirus.

+ “A Wuhan biosafety laboratory, bat blood, a wet market, scientists, pangolins, politicians looking for someone to blame: the perfect ingredients for a story that won’t go away.” Joe Pompeo in Vanity Fair: Inside the Viral Spread of a Coronavirus Origin Theory.