I would generally agree, which is why I think the discourse around "misinformation" (IMO, both a legitimate concern, and a moral panic) is missing the forest for the trees.

Our failures to respond reasonably and proportionally to threats, be they ecological, medical, economic, military, even political, are all downstream of a crisis of trust, not only in institutions, but in each other. And as with broken trust in personal relationships, rebuilding that trust is non-trivial.