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How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?

How should you talk to friends and relatives who believe conspiracy theories?
21 December 2020

You're dreading the moment.

As your uncle passes the roast potatoes, he casually mentions that a coronavirus vaccine will be used to inject microchips into our bodies to track us.

Or maybe it's that point when a friend, after a couple of pints, starts talking about how Covid-19 "doesn't exist". Or when pudding is ruined as a long-lost cousin starts spinning lurid tales about QAnon and elite Satanists eating babies.

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