PHILADELPHIA — Did evil scientists intentionally release monkeypox?
Fourteen percent of respondents to a survey by University of Pennsylvania researchers think so. Another 10% think the virus was intentionally spread to "deflect attention from the failures of the Biden administration," and 5% said getting a COVID-19 vaccine increases their chance of contracting monkeypox.
Many more survey respondents said they weren't sure if these conspiracy theories were true — but they also couldn't flatly dismiss them.
