WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has spawned what the World Health Organization is calling an "infodemic," an overabundance of information -- some of it false -- about COVID-19.
Americans divide evenly over whether it is harder or easier to be well-informed about the coronavirus because of easy access to a wide variety of information sources.
Fifty-eight percent believe they are well-informed about the virus. Separately, 36% indicate they feel overwhelmed.U.S. adults acknowledge that misinformation about the virus is a major problem.
Asked to identify the two most common sources of misinformation, a combined 68% name social media and 54% name the Trump administration, though more give the Trump administration as their