Information on COVID-19 Can Have a Variety of Confusing Consequences and Distort Responses and Containment

Nations across the globe face problems in compliance with measures to stop the transmission of COVID-19. They also are feeling the burden of economic disruption due to the virus and at the same time resistance from parents on school openings. Information on the danger of COVID-19 and risk of continued and even endemic transformation of the virus, especially if mutations make it more virulent, does not seem to be effective. These pressures and the failure to produce clear governmental responses are undermining quarantine and making it ineffective. More information on viral variants and on the need for more testing is necessary.