DD come back from exH saying "corona virus is a scam"

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

I'm furious - my 8yo DD has come back from exH's and is saying that corona virus is a "Scandemic" and "this country's a joke".

To give context - the reason ex and I split was because of his infidelity but it was hugely going downhill anyway. The man I married was smart and sensitive, and the man I divorced was a sexist, racist conspiracy theorist. This will sound odd but he's been brainwashed by ultra right wing Youtubers and had for some time been whining on about the New World Order, 911 was an inside job, Muslims trying to impose sharia law etc. He became a fan or Trump and Nigel Farage FFS. He would throw a tantrum when I challenged him. So it really doesn't surprise me that he thinks COVID is a "scam".

Anyway I asked DD if she even knows what she's saying means. She said no, but daddy had said it (and in her eyes he is God 🙄)

I usually limit contact to a need-only basis but on this occasion I did text him to ask him what he'd said to her. Anyway he replied he did say it's a scam "because it is". I replied saying oh well then when I had it in August and he had to come down and collect the kids I was obviously faking. So he's broken it down by sending me videos he's watched (🙄) and this is what he believes from what I can see:

1. It's a man made virus that's been put out to the population. People do fall ill
2. This has been done to test compliancy rates
3. It's also something to do with Trump, the election and Bill Gates
4. A one world government and one world currency will follow
5. Some girl in America has died but she's actually alive and it's a huge cover up (?!)
6. Actors are pretending to get vaccines, or something.

I'm gravely concerned that he's telling DD that the pandemic is a scam. I've explained as best I can that her dad is wrong (she's all "but why would he lie", so I've also had to explain that some people are fucking stupid, though I used different words). I could really do with some resources for children her age if anyone can recommend them, to explain how the virus actually works, how it spreads etc. She's a very logical child and I think if she understand the science she will realise her dad is wrong.

No point explaining the virus and why it's not a scam to exH, he's never wrong. Maybe I'm overreacting but I don't actually want her going back when he tells her stuff like this.

This is what my exh has been saying to my DD9. After us being careful when out shopping (using hand sanitizer, not touching random things, keeping our hands of faces and washing hands when we get in) he's told her it's all ridiculous, mummy is a germaphobe making her into one, and no she doesn't need to wash her hands!! It's made shopping with her difficult when we really had it all down without being overboard.

@Alexandernevermind

"Number 1 is now common knowledge. It is a lab made virus that came from China" Don't jump on *@blueangel19* for this statement, didn't suspicion initially fall on one of the laboratories in or near Wuhan initially? I know I read - probably in the Guardian - that the WHO were concerned about their biosecurity practices.This doesn't undermine the seriousness of the pandemic. One way or another, we are all in a hell of a mess because China did something unethical and unhygienic - most likely in the wet markets.

It may not even have started in China and it's possible that the conditions at the wet market in Wuhan simply amplified the virus, so that it got out of control. The genetics of the virus was looked at very early on and found to be a natural mutation, rather than a man made virus.

Obviously more research is necessary and the results should be interesting, but I'm going to rely on science and not theories from Joe Public who has no specialist knowledge or experience in the field of virology.