The Importance of Lockdowns in the Pandemic

misinformation has certainly prominently featured. It was really interesting in the early days, actually, it was the World Health Organisation saying that we weren't just dealing with an epidemic, we were also dealing with an infodemic. I think when you have this sort of very febrile atmosphere where you had governments suddenly telling people what to do, told them to stay inside their homes, people were scared. And I think those are the kind of very difficult high pressure situations where misinformation can flourish. There was a race to be who could be most strict at certain points in the pandemic, led by very vocal individuals fueled by social media. We know that they are bad for many, many groups