Table 4.

Conspiracy theory items and loadings on the pandemic conspiracy theory factor.

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Health officials at the Food and Drug Administration, also known as the FDA, who opposed Donald Trump’s re-election, delayed the approval of COVID-19 treatments until after the election	0.820
The coronavirus was created by the Chinese government as a biological weapon	0.682
Some health officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also known as the CDC, exaggerated the danger posed by the coronavirus in order to damage the Trump presidency	0.853