This is why I no longer blame people believing any sort of "conspiracy theory". If you can't independently verify the party line, why would you believe any of their stories at this point?

I've had family members get the wuhan flu. They said it sucked, it was the most sick they'd ever been in their lives, and now one has liver damage. Another relative recently got it though and was totally asymptomatic and didn't even realize they'd caught it. If you were in an area without a full blown pandemic I don't know why you'd trust anything the government has to say about it after decades of lies like this Floyd story.

This is the issue with breaking people's trust. They'll never believe you again, even when you try telling the truth for once.