People being forced to be specialized in their area of expertise to make a living means they have essentially no clue about anything other than what brings them bread. For a layman to obtain the evidence of the existence of virus and its transmission is virtually impossible, given you'd have to study the subject and its equipments, and make logical conclusions based on the experiments. Judging by the alternative social media being more established, the erosion of trust in media is already happening, which may prove to be a good thing. Trust ONLY the people you have seen and interacted with for a long period of time and have proven to be reliable. People in screens are NOT your friend. In fact, they may as well be a wolf in a sheep's clothing.