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People in the UK: do you regret being attracted to conspiracy theories?

Covid vaccine passport protest in London in December 2021.
Covid vaccine passport protest in London in December 2021. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The period of the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a wave of street protests across Britain against lockdown restrictions, as well as a surge of engagement in online discussions covering a range of areas including civil liberties, vaccines and the origins of the virus.

We would like to speak with people who feel that they were politicised by taking part in opposition to the government’s policies in relation to lockdown, or by exposure to the debate on and offline about Covid-19.

Have you come to regret your participation in that opposition, or regret being attracted to conspiracy theories?

Are you aware of friends or family who have become further radicalised by their exposure to conspiracy theories in relation to Covid-19, perhaps resulting in extreme political views on other topics?

Alternatively, are you someone who has no regrets about taking part in the protests, or coming to conclusions that are radically difference from what you might regard as the mainstream consensus?

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