The current manual of the U.S. Surgeon General spells out the definitions of misinformation and disinformation. And now it’s all so very clear, thank you. As I see it, the only vague words in these two definitions are: “false,” “inaccurate,” “misleading” “according to” “best,” “available” “serve” “malicious” and “trick.” I might have missed a few others.

When the next pandemic comes along, all we need to do is ask the government to figure out what these words mean and to protect us from thinking for ourselves.