Of particular note during this bizarre period of history was the ridicule of people who “did their own research” rather than act solely on faith that figures such as public health guru Dr. Anthony Fauci had unique access to the truth and were sincerely trying to protect them. Those who dared to suggest possible financial incentives among key players in forging the COVID-19 narrative—such as Bill Gates and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla—for maintaining a level of fear among the citizenry until every person on the planet was vaccinated were ridiculed and spurned as dangerous, even evil, “conspiracy theorists.”