The article focuses on Pandemics, Power, and Conspiracy Theories around the world. Topics include examines that Joseph Uscinski observed to emphasise the crucial role the Internet plays in circulating a deluge of information and conjectures including fake news– around the world; and evaluating the risks of a priori dismissal or denialism, choosing between a generalist and a particularist approach, and dealing with the question of ‘secrecy'.