If I wanted to, I could spend an afternoon building a website, give it an official-sounding name like covid-info.com or something, fill it with stock photos of doctors, clinics, and other medical paraphernalia, and post a ton of blatantly false information. Then I could go to various forums and FB groups and post links to my bogus site. Not everyone would believe me, but enough people would to start sharing links without verifying anything first.
This would be incredibly easy to do.
So when people make the “good authority” claim, I can’t help but get a little peeved. How “good” is this supposed “authority?” Where did they get this info, and so on. Has there been any attempt to verify any claims?
And no, the sound of trucks at night is not an acceptable predictor of future events. It could just be regular old semi trucks, or construction equipment, or any number of things. And yes, it could be the military or national guard preparing to enact travel restrictions or quarantines, which all things considered wouldn’t be a bad thing.
But let’s not pretend to “know” things without having done our due-diligence first, especially when everyone is on edge as it is.
