“...but we were close to a total social collapse because of the panic and lack of information.”
Lack of information? It was the constant barrage of half-baked nonsense that caused the panic. We got plenty of information. Sadly it was bogus from the get-go.
You’re very wrong about that and you’d have to read the book and become familiar with the well-documented facts rather than asserting a personal opinion that’s not based on the historical evidence.