Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories have accelerated misinformation. Dubbed an "infodemic" by the World Health Organisation (WHO), COVID-19 is an example of how science can be distorted to divide people within a country and across nations. Most prominently, there have been a range of narratives spread across both Chinese and US social media about the origins of COVID-19. The volume of conspiracy theories and debunking narratives also surged during times of the Chinese-US conflict from January to April 2020. However, to counter COVID-19 conspiracies, communications scholars have found that there must be ...Read now