“…Attempts have been made to assess the impact of information sources on people's situational awareness and social distancing (Wu et al, 2012;Qazi et al, 2020;Tiwari et al, 2021), including in the context of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and early proliferation of the infection in China (Liu et al, 2020;Zhou et al, 2020). A number of models exist, each with its own advantages and disadvantages under particular conditions (Chubb, Jacobsen, 2009;Nadella et al, 2020), which help predict the development of epidemics (Newbold, Granger, 1974;Holko et al, 2016;Holko et al, 2020;Hu et al, 2020;Levashkin et al, 2021;Medrek, Pastuszak, 2021;Katris, 2021;Osipov et al, 2021). 1 Various approaches are applied to monitor the situation and process statistical data in order to set parameters and initial states for the application of these models, but little attention is paid to assessing the potential impact of sharing epidemiological information on public health.…”