International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021172020090920087802ENDepartment of Orthopaedics, Government Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand20200909Dear Editor,<br />The problem of fake and falsified information available on the Internet and social media has seen torrential rise with its impact becoming more palpable during contemporary crisis. Its magnitude and unprecedented ill‑effect grow<br />with viral speed across geopolitical lines. Heads of world agencies like WHO (World Health Organization) and UN (United Nations) has referred to this phenomenon of an epidemic of misinformation as “infodemic” in the wake of<br />current coronavirus disease‑2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic.http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2302http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2302/717718144