Or any other authority figure. My favorite exchange that I personally witnessed during early COVID was this one:

A, conspiratorially: You should hear what the dentist has to say about the COVID vaccine.

B: Why, does it affect my teeth?

[0] an informative article and the American College of Dentists response:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-tro...

https://www.acd.org/position-papers/the-college-responds-to-...