CHICAGO (WLS) COVID-19 created a year of uncertainty, fear and change. According to investigators who study fringe groups, a growing number of women are being drawn in to various extremist groups such as QAnon. I just did feel very vulnerable at that moment and kind of, it was an eye opener because I never thought I would ever be a Q follower in any way, and even this, I wasn t necessarily following them but I was intrigued by their beliefs and I think that s kind of how people don t always realize that they re following Q, said Phoebe Keliikupakako, a junior at Boston University.