New Oxford University Study Finds Almost 20% of Britons Believe Jews Behind Coronavirus Pandemic

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Almost 20% of Britons believe that “Jews” are behind the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by Oxford University revealed.

According to a university statement, the survey sought to test public attitudes toward various coronavirus conspiracy theories. One of the statements given was “Jews have created the virus to collapse the economy for financial gain.”

5.5% of those surveyed said they agreed “a little” with this statement, 6.8% “moderately” agreed, 4.6% agreed “a lot,” and 2.4% “completely” agreed.

Taken together, 19.3% of all respondents agreed with the antisemitic theory to some degree.

A full 80.7% said they “do not agree” with the idea that the Jews are behind the pandemic.

The numbers were similar in regard to other conspiracy theories that blamed Muslims, Bill Gates, the World Health Organization, and politicians for the outbreak.

The conspiracy theory that was the most substantially popular was that the coronavirus is a “bioweapon developed by China to destroy the West,” with almost half of those surveyed agreeing to some extent.

Daniel Freeman, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford, who led the team that conducted the study, said, “The epidemic has all the necessary ingredients for the growth of conspiracy theories, including sustained threat, exposure of vulnerabilities, and enforced change.”

“The new conspiracy ideas have largely built on previous prejudices and conspiracy theories,” he stated. “The beliefs look to be corrosive to our necessary collective response to the crisis. In the wake of the epidemic, mistrust looks to have become mainstream.”

Dr Sinéad Lambe, a clinical psychologist, pointed to social media as a major factor in the popularity of coronavirus conspiracy theories, saying, “Conspiracy beliefs arguably travel further and faster than ever before. Our survey indicates that people who hold such beliefs share them; social media provides a ready-made platform.”

The Algemeiner   (c) 2019        .         Benjamin Kerstein

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11 COMMENTS

  1. don’t laugh at conspiracy theories. How about this conspiracy: middle class intellectual and his friends take down the Czar and implement Marxian totalitarianism throughout Russia, murdering millions and placing millions more in slave camps, then take over all of Eastern Europe, then transport their ideology to China where another 20 million die. And millions more die in Korea and Vietnam as their ideology sweeps the Far East.
     
    Shall we talk about Hitler and his little conspiracy now?

    • Hey, nice point. yet… Difference is of course when one has concrete, as in hard physical evidence, that something is going on. Rather than an “it must be so cause”….. And other far fetched neurotic conjectures..

  2. More precisely, 19.3% stated to the interviewer that they believe the Jews are behind covid pandemic. The rest includes people who don’t believe that, people who believe very strongly the Jews are behind the virus but are afraid of retribution since Jews control everything, and of course, Jews.

  3. These same 20% also believe Jews are behind the so called global warming plus all other problems that exist in the world like drought, floods, tsunamis etc. etc.

  4. Just who (and W.H.O.) initially told the world not to worry about this thing and travle as always (and otherwise you are a racist xenophobe)?

  5. In the Torah, Jews are referred to as ‘sini’, which translates as Oriental. The 20% idiots are confusing Jewish Orientals with Wuhan Orientals.

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