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From the Summary: \'As the coronavirus pandemic has spread around the world, authoritarian actors have engaged in robust information-manipulation campaigns China--where the virus originated and spread due to the government\'s initial cover up and mismanagement--became the champion of these efforts Iran and, to a lesser extent, Russia, followed its lead, seeking to shift the global conversation from China\'s and their own failures to confront the disease head on They have also tried to place the blame to the United States and Europe, portraying these democracies\' responses as inadequate and highlighting their shortcomings Their efforts have contributed to a coronavirus infodemic, which the World Health Organization has defined as \'an over-abundance of information - some accurate and some not - that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it \' This infodemic has fueled the ongoing public-health crisis by further undermining trust in democratic institutions, the independent press, and facts and data \'
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