Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

My favourite concpiracy theory comes from two old ladies I passed on the street. Lady 1: "So, my husband says that all this Corona thing started because Trump used a bioweapon on China. To weaken their economy, you know?" Lady 2: "Then why do the US have so much Corona?" Lady 1: "It's Trump, you really think he thought that far ahead?"

The growth of coronavirus in a given area is dependent on two primary factors: 1. How dense the population is 2. How dense the population is

When I was a kid, my mum threw away the microwave because "microwaves use radiation to heat up food, and the radiation gets in your food AND THAT GIVES YOU CANCER!" We were only allowed to eat what the daily mail said cured cancer. It's hell having a mad parent

“The beach doesn’t cure anything except you being comfortable.” may be the most British words ever uttered.

My conspiracy theory is that Stanley Kubrick was hired to fake the moon landing, but he was such a stickler for detail he insisted on filming on location.

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." - Charles Bukowski

Crazy Alex Trebek died only a few months after this aired. I watched jeopardy every night with my grandma while we waited for my mom or dad to pick me up. I watched it every night since, even when my life was a dumpster fire, I always found a way to watch jeopardy. All of this to say, this got me in the feels and I wasn’t expecting to get choked up right now

At one point I was hospitalized with what the emergency room initially thought was spinal meningitis which is very contagious. I was IMMEDIATELY told to put on a mask and not to take it off for anything, and then I was stuck in a room by myself just waiting until a doctor could see me. That was in 2011. It turned out I just had a hell of a mixed tension migraine but because I also have dysautonomia, my nervous system went bananas and gave me a fever of 104 which is why they thought I probably had meningitis. It's not like they were idiots, my body just does really strange things. The point is that I was immediately isolated from everyone in that hospital. I wasn't in line somewhere, or in a waiting room. I had to put on a mask and sit in what was essentially a broom closet by myself until specialists had time to give me a spinal tap and CT scan to make sure that I did not in fact have spinal meningitis. But this dude here thinks that people are just going to be waiting in a giant room? All together? Ok bud. Dumb as a rock. My apologies; rocks are clearly highly intelligent compared to that dude.

Legend says John Oliver's roast of AT&T hasn't reached them yet

As a scientist, it is so frustrating to have invested thousands of dollars and years of our lives getting an education and learning how life and the world works just for people to trust a Facebook post over an entire community of people who are generally passionate about finding answers and creating solutions. :(

I know this video is okd and no one will probably read this but, that joke comparison to hotels with no vacancy is a real thing that people have said to me on multiple occasions about the hotel i work at being sold out

Well John, Its been roughly a year and I'm sorry to tell you. They didn't learn, they just doubled down on the crazy.

John Oliver may be british, but hes a goddamn american national treasure and I'll throw more tea in more harbors to keep him

Crazy how the generation that told us "Don't believe everything you see online" while we grew up turned out to be the one most convinced of batshit conspiracy theories

had to immediately check if john oliver and john cena sharing their birth date was real, thinking(/hoping?) it was another test like “see! this is why you double check information!” but no… no they are the exact same age. wow.

Americans are taught to doubt others. Unfortunately they are not taught to doubt themselves. In fact they consider it a virtue to never be doubtful of their own conviction no matter how unsubstantiated that may be.

Isn't it funny how John Oliver never shows us his legs? Look, I'm not saying he doesn't have any, I'm just saying I've never seen them...👀

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge" - Stephen Hawking

Question for flat-earthers: what is the assumed end game for scientists to promote a "conspiracy" around a spherical Earth?

Back in the nineties, I had a substitute teacher in computer science class. He said we could do whatever we want, so me and a few other kids started watching eachother play flash games. Near the end of class, he suddenly spoke up and said "Watch out what you download, The darkness is going to get into your mind and give you AIDS" I think about that a lot

There's a discussion going on that you shouldn't call it conspiracy "theories" anymore and instead call it a conspiracy "mythos", because "theory" gives it the connotation of actual scientific theories that have been peer reviewed and published.

"Not everything you read online is true" - Abraham Lincoln

The John Cena bit was hilarious! Just found this show today so it makes me wonder if it's an ongoing gag or if John Oliver has been wanting to do a bit like this for awhile now? Either way I loved it :3

I'll never forget when *InfoWars* became famous for memes and speculations about frogs being gay.

My stepmother has a great quote about conspiracy theorists: "it's adorable how much faith they have in the government's management skills". For context, she's a project manager for a logistics firm, so she has first-hand experience in how much of a pain in the ass it is to coordinate large groups of people to do anything, much less keep their activities secret.

The only thing that would have improved that segment is if John had begun loosening his tie and taking his jacket off while saying goodbye.

If you don't agree this aged well, you seem to have missed the whole point and I'm betting you came into it with that idea already firmly in mind.

This one hits different. RIP Alex, your memory for a blessing

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' " - Isaac Asimov.

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet." - Abraham Lincoln

I love how i can come back to this 3 years later and its still relevant

"When they turn that switch on....bye bye muma" 🤣🤣😂😂

Where are all the sick people!!! Lady: They don't sit in the lobby... Protect that lady!!!

Alright, let's get this day started

"A person is smart. People are dumb panicky animals and you know it" - The Men in Black movie

As someone who practices family medicine , I’ve had to encounter most of this nonsense . It really does come down to the majority of lay people do not know how to research , so they trust poor sources .

I was scared and confused when that shirt slowly began undressing itself.

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell

I heard this hilarious conspiracy theory that after catching covid it goes to your toes and comes back up again after a couple months lmaooo

The more time goes on, the more interesting this video gets

they clearly just needed us all inside so they could change the batteries in the birds

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled"

Good bless John Oliver and a good start to 2022! Yes, I am watching this on Jan 1, 2022

"It's easy to fool people when they're already fooling themselves." - Mysterio from Spider Man: Far From Home

"Where are the lines of Corona patients?" "This is a maternity ward, sir."

'It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.' - Mark Twain

Man oh man I remember one time I was sitting outside class because of an asthma attack and some dipshit kid asked if I had had my vax, I choked out a yes and bro said “oooh that’s it”. My brother in Christ I was immune sensitive if I didn’t get vaxs I could have died. Lost my grandpa to it and due to my dads shitty relationship with him I only recently learned he was dead.

8:37 WOW.... 10:29 lolol the AT&T Bashing from a Company owned by AT&T is hilarious! It never gets old! 17:07 Can't keep events quiet, Roxanne knows.

“It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.”

To John Oliver and the ENTIRE team of last week tonight: *Thank you for making this show*

For all the flaws of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", I've always appreciated how it shows Palpatine using a trade dispute in a distant backwater of the galaxy to start his rise to power; now I know the name of the logical fallacy (proportionality bias) that it was subverting. Last Week Tonight changes another life!

R.I.P Alex Trebek. Fitting that one of the last non-Jeapordy things he filmed was designed to help others. The kind of person that he was.

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. Mark Twain

First time I've ever left a comment on RU-vid. I convinced my (very smart) but reasonably conservative husband with puppy dog eyes and love.

The funny thing is your point about people going into hotels and going ‘where are all the guests?!’ Happens all the time

Mark Twain: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."

“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

Now with the empty void that John is stuck in, the grey suit/blue shirt and tie matches quite nicely. The emptiness of the endless void really brings out the shirt, and the pop of the deep blue tie just looks nice. This was a quality suit and the palette was very nice. 6/10

I need this video with Spanish subtitles in 2021 for my Dominican aunt.

The big problem is people who believe in conpiracy theories also believe that they are thinking critically.

Numerous not too bright friends I know are sending me conspiracy articles on a daily basis.

To think I slept on this show and most things in 2020(almost end of 2019 got divorced, and let's just say until 2022 my life is starting to approach normancy from everything including watching stuff like this show as I'm curious how they tackled the pandemic.) I'm a ameture RU-vidr/let's player that's a nobody but I want to say be safe guys,love y'all, shout out to anyone watching this beyond 2022 🤞

Be honest, John: You're not wearing any pants under that table. That's the only conspiracy theory I'm concerned about. #JohnDoesntWearPants

I desperately want John Oliver and John Cena to remake the movie Twins.

This reminded me that my 17 year old sent me a link during an argument and I read the article and pointed out where it was saying she was wrong. She hadn't even read it. She just went by the title and thought that was enough.

This is me from the future - jan.2024 and John you were so right! Love seeing this again!

The conspiracy theory I'm absolutely sure of is that cats know their names when you call them, they just don't care.

"How is AT&T going to send me a message? Sprint?" *SHOTS FIRED!!*

How do you empathize with them and nudge them in the right direction?

"Or - Solid Bjork impression" 😂😂😂😂🤣😂 Oh John, you got me

As the Romanian saying goes... "The mother of idiots is always pregnant."

I was expecting John Oliver to undo his buttons at the end. Dissapointed.

I will always love the fact John Oliver got John Cena to basically do strip tease while saying “fact check everything”

The glass dome thing always makes me giggle. Who built the dome?

I like how John Cena just started casually undressing himself like it's written into every contract

Only way to deal with crazy conspiracy theorists is to one up them. - The moon landing was fake. - Oh, you're one of those people who believes the moon is real?

For some reason I expected the cut back from John Cena to show John Oliver shirtless. Very glad I was wrong.

Please do a Conspiracy Theories 2 !

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ---Voltaire 1765

Paul Rudd is the best. “I once believed Paul Rudd was dead, because RIP Paul Rudd was trending” 🤣

I've got to say from someone who lives in Kansas severely Midwestern is in fact a good discriptor

You will always live on in our hearts Alex. Thank you.

Last Week Tonight: Come for the insightful investigative reporting, stay for the consistent and brutal AT&T bashing.

John Oliver said that John Cena was there, but I just kept seeing a blank screen

Gets pinworm at the beach cutely

“Where is all the sick people?“ And they say education isn’t important...

Everybody else: casually and seriously speaking to the camera. John Cena: What if it was a striptease tho?

Love the AT&T slander 😂

I do have a cousin named Roxanne… 🤨 CONSPIRACY!!! 🤪

John Oliver does not only call the BS out, he also tells us the small steps we can take to fix it... This guy genuinely wants things to change for the good...

I follow the pirate's code of conspiracies: "Three can keep a secret if two are dead." The more people required to keep their mouths shut, the less plausible it is - especially if it's the victims and not the perpetrators who have to stay quiet.

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. weaponized.

Here in Aug 2021… definitely thought this would be over by now

Paul Rudd saying he thought he was dead reminded me of that time when Tom Holland saw a tweet that said he leaked the entire Infinity War script and he was like, "Shit, did I?"

What about the conspiracy theory that there is only one Olsen twin, moving back and forth very fast?

Conspiracy theories are fun tho. I heard a guy at the gas station say in anger: "the change shortage isn't real!" I laughed. It was awesome.

This feels like rewatching the first season of an anime and realizing how weak the old villains were

John Oliver: *pokes fun at AT&T* Me: ok nothing out of the ordinary John Oliver: *doesn't say BOOM BUSINESS DADDY* Me: I feel a disturbance in the force

As a porter Who transports patients all day, I can confirm that covid-19 patients exist and I transport them all over the hospital, including the morgue.

John Cena absolutely cracks me up here.