“It started a couple months into the pandemic with the whole anti-lockdown protests. His feelings were so strong it turned into facts for him. So if he didn’t like having to wear masks it wouldn’t matter what doctors or scientists said. Anything that contradicted his feelings was wrong. So he turned to the internet to find like-minded people which led him to QAnon.” Vice: I’m a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax.