More than a quarter of Americans polled at the end of March said they believe that the United States has been developing bioweapons in labs across Ukraine — a conspiracy conceived, crafted and amplified by QAnon and the Russian government.
Five weeks ago, that conspiracy theory was little more than a fringe belief. Today, it is an official stated reason for Russia’s brutal invasion. And it could be a sign of what President Vladimir Putin is plotting next.
“There’s zero basis in fact for doing anything in bioweapons or any kind of research like that at all,” said Robert Pope, a senior official at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency. He says this
