Social media is a curse, not a gift. Younger people have grown up with it, so are better adapted to filtering out the lies and mis-information. The older amongst us have grown up believing whatever the 6 o'clock news tells us, so they struggle to discern truth from lies, plus the algorithms everything use mean that once you visit a few site with a certain narrative, you find more of the same things popping up. Confirmation bias is strong.
Every time something positive comes out, or some concerns are put to rest, it's only mere hours later that the sky is falling once again and everyone is in a panic.
A lot of you need to step away from the computer and go for a walk along the beach or something.