Covid Conspiracy Theories, Drawing Inspiration From US, Take Root In Europe Covid Conspiracy Theories, Drawing Inspiration From US, Take Root In Europe Coronavirus: Conspiracy theories, driven by the global health crisis, are taking root in Europe more than ever, drawing inspiration from the QAnon movement in the United States. A demonstrator holds a QAnon flag and a poster during a protest against Covid restrictions in Austria. Paris, France: "It's not a virus, it's a tool to use power," says Monique Lustig in the Netherlands, while in Germany, Hellmuth Mendel argues that "Covid is a story invented by an international financial mafia". "And what if this was all just a film?" asks Christophe Charret in France.