Well, look what I stumbled upon. They call it an "infodemic".

"How to Fight an Infodemic: The Four Pillars of Infodemic Management"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7332253/

And the WHO published this:

"How to Fight an Infodemic: The Four Pillars of Infodemic Management"

https://www.jmir.org/2020/6/e19659/

I think they were trying to figure out how to deal with us.