Unfortunately, a crisis like this is PRECISELY the time for truth telling. And yet, we still see people posting absolutely BS here, mostly that comes FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Might want to have a look at this:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-2020-disinformation-war/605530/
"What I was seeing was a strategy that has been deployed by illiberal political leaders around the world. Rather than shutting down dissenting voices, these leaders have learned to harness the democratizing power of social media for their own purposes—jamming the signals, sowing confusion. They no longer need to silence the dissident shouting in the streets; they can use a megaphone to drown him out. Scholars have a name for this: censorship through noise."
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Don't use social media as "news," perhaps?
Or, just succumb to common sense. The guy who has told you repeatedly that China was paying us billion in tariffs might not be the best source.