Half of the US believes a deadly conspiracy theory

False headline. On a story which uses REALLY fuzzy math to try to draw conclusions, make accusations, and cast aspersions. Labeled as "analysis" but SHOULD be labeled as "opinion" or "op-ed."

Show me a conspiracy theory - ANY conspiracyy theory that is A) Demonstrably false, B) ACTUALLY deadly, AND C) Believed by half of Americans.

Do many Americans have questions about the vaccine? YES. Should they? YES! It is a fact that these vaccines are STILL EXPERIMENTAL. It is ALSO a fact that as time goes on we are finding more and more side effects - mostly with the J&J vaccine (and the AstraZeneca vaccine overseas) - but we are finding new side effects that were NOT disclosed when the vaccines were administered. People SHOULD be asking questions. People SHOULD have concerns about what we are going to find out in the next month, next year, next decade about the long term side effects of EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES. That isn't a conspiracy theory, that is pure simple logic.

And even then, well over half of eligible Americans have gotten at least one dose - over half of Americans are fully vaccinated in many states. So regardless of ANY conspiracy theory out there, obviously less than half of America believes it.

And the "big lie?" A) It is not a deadly conspiracy theory. At least no more than Black Live Matter is. People on January 6th, which this story cites, didn't die because of the "big lie." They died because they decided to be stupid. Just like no one is dying in the BLM riots because of the concept that Black Lives Matter. Not even from the concept that Black Lives Matter and We Should Do Something About It. (BLM&WSDSAI - I just made that up, don't Google it). They are dying from people deciding to be stupid AT those protests.
B) It is a FACT that many states, most notably Pennsylvania, changed their voting rules in a manner which violated their own state Constitution. Many did this as a response to the pandemic, through things such as emergency powers or emergency decrees. We can debate whether that was a good thing or a bad thing, sure. But it doesn't change the FACT that rules were chaned illegally. Which means at least PART of the "big lie" is accurate. Please note that I am NOT saying that this invalidates the election, or that we chould throw out buckets of votes because the rules which allowed them should not have been in place. The rules *were* in place - however legally or illegally - and those votes were cast legally. They should count. And please ALSO note that I am NOT saying that Trump won. Just saying that SOME of those arguing the legitimacy of the election results have SOME (not ALL) valid points. Not enough, IMHO, but some.
And C) This "conspiracy theory" is not believed by half of Americans.

Finally, I notice that the article once again imposes the false party-normative language on the conversation. Fully 44% of Americans describe themselves as Independent according to the June Gallup poll. That is FAR more than declare for either party. (30% Dem, 24% Rep. Don't ask e about the other 2% - rounding error?) If the article completely ignores ALMOST HALF of Americans, can it really even begin to make a claim about what half of Americans do or do not believe?

https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx