<p>Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinformation.

This story was written by Mike Rothschild and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

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Mike Rothschild has spent years studying the rise of QAnon and antivaccine conspiracism. After his house in Altadena, California, burned down, he found himself mired in similarly sticky webs of misinformation. This story was written by Mike Rothschild and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com.

What it’s like to be in the middle of a conspiracy theory (according to a conspiracy theory expert)

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