when a psychiatrist is interviewed about a virus.. instantly the interviewer picked the wrong interviewy due to lack of first hand knowledge of the subject.
when a psychiatrist promotes a lie. he is most probably looking to see how many foold and idiots fame it up. as then he now has a new customer list of people that need therapy
imagine you specialise in solving peoples phobia's of spiders. but your office waiting room is empty.. so you go out and throw spiders at people. and if they have a panic attack you give them your business card and say you can help them.
its that same game. but using conspiracies as the fear factor