And they're not themselves "falling" for it. They're just selling it, prostituting themselves.
Ideally, if there were ever to be true reckoning over the development (by the U.S military/security state, that is) of SARS-COV-2 and the governmental response to the resulting pandemic, such a reckoning would come for the disinformation merchants as well. But I'm not holding my breath.
Agreed. Unless they somehow succeed in fooling themselves so they can live with themselves.