Motives and Metrics: Steps to Clarify Public Health Information

Is this real? Can I believe this? How do I know if this public health information is true? I honestly can’t even count how many times I have been asked those questions about public health news articles, preliminary research studies, memes, videos, and social media posts. The pandemic ignited a desire in most people to learn about what was going on, but theories, ideas, and crazy information started to flood the internet faster than public health education.