  With the appearance of SARS-CoV-2, two epidemics have spread: one for health
and one for information. The virus has generated an unprecedented infodemic,
contributing to the establishment of a climate of great uncertainty. Massive
and redundant information has also been an effective vector of propaganda, on a
global scale, by state and non-state actors. A real hostile act in which
physical violence is not foreseen, but systematic management of information
through the manipulation of the cognitive sphere. For this reason, the adoption
of an attitude of active critical analysis by citizens and institutions and
also the implementation of common policies at an international level could
undoubtedly facilitate the fight against cognitive warfare (so-called cognitive
warfare) and therefore limit its disastrous effects.
