[temphnaccount]

I am curious as to how did you jump from not believing the government to pandemic being a conspiracy? Pandemic is real and governments have lied to their people, more so in last one and a half year - both of these statements can be true.

Also you should not question someone's capability to come across in the interviews based on their venting on online anonymous platform. Humans can have vastly different emotions depending on the situation.

[bloopernova]

Over the past 18 months or so, since the COVID-19 pandemic has been foremost in our minds, a group of people have espoused certain opinions or viewpoints. Namely:

    The pandemic is a hoax
    It doesn't kill people
    Those that did die, died from other causes
    That they won't wear a mask
    That they won't get a vaccine
    That the vaccine modifies DNA

The person who referred to the COVID-19 pandemic as "the cough" may or may not hold any or all of those views. But 18 months of hearing that group of people espouse those views leads many of us to learn that if they support one of the views above, they support them all.

Again, that may or may not be correct or ethical. It's just our experience.