Upon publication of Journal of Arthroplasty's first COVID-19 supplement [1], there were approximately 600,000 cases in the United States (one-third of world total), and the United States and much of the world was going through a first surge. We are presently in the midst of a second surge of this disease. There are now an estimated 15 million diagnosed cases with 287,000 deaths from this disease in the U.S. from world totals of over 66 million cases and over 1.5 million deaths, respectively (as of December 6, 2020) [2].The first COVID-19 supplement was successful as a team effort from many members of the various Boards of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons with 20 papers on a tremendous amount of information relevant to arthroplasty surgeons ranging from epidemiology to experiences in the United States and Europe.After this publication, The Editorial Board then made a conscientious decision not to publish much else on COVID-19 except for high-level studies clearly showing improved diagnostic and treatment methods as well as results for our patients. This was in response to the "infodemic" surrounding the crisis, which was heavily felt by Journal of Arthroplasty as well as most other journals [3].Eysenbach recently described this phenomenon and how to fight it by presenting a framework using infodemiology [4]. This is now acknowledged by public health organizations and the World Health Organization as a key scientific field and critical area of practice during a pandemic. Some of the pillars for this infodemic management include the best quality peer-review process with timely knowledge translation, "while minimizing distorting factors such as political or commercial influences. Facts and science should be promoted and that these constitute the antidote to the current infodemic."Since that time, we have published two reports including one Editorial regarding the all-important Joint Arthroplasty Fellowship experience during the pandemic [5]. The present issue contains a paper on public perceptions concerning resumption of elective surgery during the epidemic. Moverman and co-authors have found important information about our patients' viewpoints about contracting COVID-19 from One or more of the authors of this paper have disclosed potential or pertinent conflicts of interest, which may include receipt of payment, either direct or indirect, institutional support, or association with an entity in the biomedical field which may be perceived to have potential conflict of interest with this work. For full disclosure statements refer to
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