The people who are intellectually lazy don't require proof, only enough repetition. The media provides that. People who can think, read multiple sources, consider motivation, real life outcomes and synthesize a reasonable conclusion. For me, in the beginning, I had no reason to doubt the narrative. After a few days, I began to consider the fact, that just like 9/11, narratives were direct, absolute and coordinated all over the world. This made me skeptical. Politicians started acting simultaneously all over the world. The language was pithy and well coordinated. If this had been a real pandemic, every locality would have acted differently, yet the world/media reaction was eerily the same. Next thing I knew, the word lockdowns was all I heard. First it was days, then weeks, later months. Tyranny was all I thought of. A perfect disaster had formed and it wasn't going to be wasted. Don't forget, president Trump was still in office. I assumed this was desperation to remove Trump. I never needed proof there was a virus. Viruses are all around us all the time. I didn't know anyone who had the virus for over 6 months. I assumed this was all a huge false flag. Besides, when CNN makes an assertion, I always assume it's a lie.