A different agenda. Implanting money having the money. How can we deal with such confusing statements here lamberty has written a book analyzing the psyche of Conspiracy Theory supporters. She says a sudden instinct to be more secure and be in control. Of a situation where we have so little control the conspiracy theories provides a perceived structure heights ability to make sense of everything the virus is invisible its an invisible threat you can understand the conspiracy theorist you cant demonstrate against a virus that wouldnt help fight it but if you think somebody is behind it you can take action. There have long been conspiracy theories the assassination of john f. Kennedy by intelligence agencies is among them. One suggests the death of Princess Diana was a long time in the planning they say the contrails of jets are in reality trails of toxic kemah. Goals and the september 11th attacks were carried out by the Us Government supporters of the q and on conspiracy theories that have proliferated on online Message Boards believe that many celebrities are involved in a pedophile ring. I always speak out against calling them crazy or stupid people thats not true. But i think you have to be careful not to get into too much discussion about it we have to understand their fears they are all just concerned citizens at the same time such a bad image as are being spread by. Bill gates is currently a key target of hatred the conspiracy theorists allege the microsoft founder helped develop the corona virus and he even wants to implant chips in people to check their health the german conspiracy theorist cant jepson has railed against gates on you tube with more than 3000000 views up to you whether you have to wear a mask or whether this country is in lockdown or not thats now determined by bill and Melinda Gates. We deal with people who refuse to listen if they fend off any criticism when everything becomes so diffuse i think that during the past few weeks our awareness has increased and we can say oh weve got a problem. With the ranks of the conspiracy theorists grow larger and louder in the coming weeks one thing is clear there will always be conspiracy theories especially in times of crisis. Is from the university of tubing in he investigates conspiracy theories and joins us now just how much truth is there or is there any truth to any of these conspiracy theories. Well there is very little truth to virtually all of these conspiracy theories of course there is the bill and Melinda Gates foundation of course the virus originated in. Of course there are people who are working on next and i guess that virus but i think thats basically its a conspiracy theories make what richard homesteader called a curious leap in the imagination fairly early on and then basically leave the facts behind or construct their own facts or you will have quite a lot of time in isolation to think about these things have a way tell me just how you knew these corroded conspiracy theories. Actually they are not that new in that most of the corona conspiracy theories no matter which were you know where theyre irrelevant at the moment are all of the world they usually only the latest chapter in much larger and longer conspiracy narratives so the villains to a certain degree were already clear and now corona is just the latest chapter the news episode in that story so that you after all whos behind them the. Behind the conspiracy theories. Well its people who genuinely believe that they have found out what is really going on thats one of the major differences between conspiracy theories and fake news with fake news we usually assume that the people who put these stories into circulation are doing the cynically they know that they are lying with conspiracy theories this is possible to some people are cynical about them and they just circulate them for political advantages or economic gain but most people who are behind the corona conspiracy theories and these are people all over the world from the left from the right people who think of themselves as moderates they are generally convinced that they are doing a service to mankind i want is allegedly really going on. Isnt there a lot more to this than just conspiracy theories i mean doesnt this boil down through a crisis of trust. I think its a symptom of a crisis of trust and i think that we see a larger crisis of trust and a fragmentation that is running through western societies particularly well particularly pointedly with regard to conspiracy theories because here we have 2 publics that actually are looking suspiciously at each other theres one public that is worried about conspiracy theories and there is one public that is worried about conspiracies and these publics look at each other they watch each other and realize that the other is out of touch with what they realize is reality so from the perspective of the reality that united are in of course there is a problem with cross there is a problem with trust in traditional expertise in scions in politicians that makes solving the problems that we have to solve as countries and as the whole world really problem we difficult we brushed over some of theories then National Differences. Yes that definitely National Differences so for example in germany people now most people believe that the virus either is completely harmless or does not exist at all because things went actually quite well here the lock down work there werent that many people who died and therefore the alleged plot is to take all civil rights of way and to introduce a Global Vaccination Program in france for example where there were many more people who died most people believe that the virus was actually constructed in a laboratory that is a biological weapon in the u. S. People link it to the u. N. On the deep state Conspiracy Theory so momente people on the right think that its a plot to actually heard President Donald Trump and to prevent him being reelected. Very interesting stuff thank you very much for joining us from the university of tipping and he investigates conspiracy theories thank you thank you so much for having me. And time for your questions on the coronavirus is our science correspondent eric williams. How was taught i wanna able to contain the spread of covered 19 so successfully taiwan was badly affected by the sars outbreak back in 2003 it killed over 180 people there its mortality rate was was higher than anywhere else in the world and after that the islands government put detailed plans in place to deal with possible future outbreaks and they kicked in very quickly after the very 1st reports of a of a new pneumonia and on days or even weeks before most of us had even heard of this disease the actions that were taken appear to have contained at 19 very well they included border controls a 14 day quarantine on International Arrivals closing venues where large numbers of people could gather and a ban on the export of protective masks so far there have been fewer than 500 cases of covert 900 on the island and just in just a handful of deaths. How effective is social distance in preventing the spread of covert 19 a Research Team in germany looked into this and found strong correlations between the introduction of specific interventions and the spread of cope at 19 in the country using established models they came to some key conclusions not least that social distancing measures began to really have an impact 2 weeks after they were implemented which which dovetails with predictions involving the sars cove to incubate period the team also tried to break down exactly which measures had which effects and can. Clue did that that growth rates were slowed most dramatically by prohibiting large public gatherings later decisions to close schools and then nonessential stores during what was called the countrys lockdown light also had measurable effects the team concluded that it took all 3 measures to flatten germanys curve so quickly. 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