1) To explore the occurrence and frequency of irrational, unfounded beliefs and hoaxes associated with the COVID- 19 pandemic in Slovak society and their changes after pandemics ends. 2) To identify the long-termed negative social impact of these beliefs on individual variables such as mental well- being, health-related behavior, maladaptive financial behavior, and also on negative social phenomena such as distrust of institutions, prejudice, discrimination, etc. 3) Identify vulnerable groups of the population that may be most psychologically endangered (social and psychological well-being, cognitive bias, adaptive financial behavior) by long-termed consequences of the COVID- 19 pandemic (in terms of demographic variables, health and economic status, and the feeling of threat associated with COVID-19 and its negative economic impact). 4) Identify individual and social predictors that may contribute to the long-termed negative socio-psychological consequences associated with COVID-19. 5) To verify the potential of selected ways of formulating and providing information (debiasing, the format of information) on the ability of people to distinguish between real and fake messages and on the endorsement of epistemically suspect beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.