Table 2.

Reliance on social media for pandemic-related information.^a

Questions and responses			Respondents, n (%)
How much have you relied on social media to stay informed about the COVID-19 pandemic?
	A great deal	208 (20.7)
	A lot	250 (24.9)
	A little	304 (30.3)
	Not at all	241 (24)
On average, how often do you read information about COVID-19 on social media?
	Every day	323 (32.2)
	A few days a week	271 (27)
	Once a week	112 (11.2)
	Less often	297 (29.6)
I am confident in the accuracy of the information I see about COVID-19 on social media
	Strongly agree	73 (7.3)
	Somewhat agree	250 (24.9)
	Neither agree nor disagree	252 (25.1)
	Somewhat disagree	188 (18.7)
	Strongly disagree	240 (23.9)

^aData are from the Florida Center for Cybersecurity’s January 2021 COVID-19 survey.