Product design question

Design a product that informs people about the Coronavirus.

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What this question tests

Product design for a public health information need requiring speed, accuracy, and trust under a fast moving, high stakes situation.

Clarify the core need: reliable, localized, up to date information about case counts, safety guidance, and where to get help, at a moment when misinformation spreads fast.
Segment users: people seeking general safety guidance versus people seeking hyperlocal data, like cases near them or vaccine or testing site locations.
Prioritize trust and source credibility over comprehensiveness, since misinformation risk is the biggest danger in this category.
Propose aggregating verified data from health authorities like the WHO and CDC, displayed with location based filtering, paired with a clearly labeled myths versus facts section.
Address update frequency explicitly, since stale information during a fast moving situation actively harms users.
Define success as usage during spikes in public concern and, critically, absence of any flagged misinformation being surfaced.

Prioritizes source credibility and misinformation prevention as the central design constraint, appropriate for this category.
Names real, credible data sources, WHO and CDC, rather than vague trustworthy sources.
Gives an illustrative number, for example assuming data refreshes at least every 24 hours from verified sources.
Addresses localization explicitly, since public health guidance and case data vary significantly by region.

Focusing on generic content aggregation without a strong emphasis on source verification and misinformation prevention.
Ignoring localization, when public health guidance often varies significantly by region.

How would you handle a fast changing or contested piece of information, like evolving guidance?
How would you measure whether the product actually reduced exposure to misinformation?