It didn’t take long, did it? Yes; it’s off and running – the COVID-19 freight train of conspiracy theories. I don’t know about you, but I find many of these assumption-busting, adrenalin-charged forays down endless rabbit holes rather irritating, occasionally intriguing, but more often, very dangerous. For all their manifest failings, some conspiracy theories at least offer us a sense of fleeting interest; they take us away from those smug, settled positions which many, like me, hang on to for dear life. Whilst we’re not all Pravda types, we’re also not all that easily knocked off our perches of certainty; however critical we claim to be.