This is a hard one. Remember when saying Covid came from a lab was a conspiracy theory? But now more and more experts are leaning towards that as an answer to the question of where it came from. My personal feeling is that it really doesn’t matter where it came from other that stopping a potential repeat performance in a few years. “Conspiracy theories” are those beliefs that seem very far removed from reality, even unreasonable or illogical. But sometimes they ARE true. Cigarettes DO cause cancer. That was initially viewed as a conspiracy theory…people couldn’t believe it was true. The international elite DO gather together regularly to figure out how to rule the world. Again, initially was viewed as paranoia…until the group set up their own website. Please remember that while you are branding your friend as a conspiracy theorist, she might actually be onto something. Talk with her. See if she has actual reasons for her beliefs. It’s no secret I tend towards being with your friend on many of her views. We have talked about them repeatedly on these pages and there is no sense in regurgitating all those arguments. But let me leave you with one other thought: it could be you that is the conspiracy theorist. Remember when the vaccines were first coming out? It was common knowledge that they kept you from catching the disease. It kept you from spreading the disease. But then they didn’t do any of those things. Think about that. The vaccines being a panacea is something that was thought to be true that wasn’t. And yet people continue to act like it is.