It is very predictable, when people get worried and stressed they tend to run with ANY rumor no matter how retarded it may be, no one is 100% immune to this and people tend to stop thinking when doing so.

It has been seen time and time again in every case of war, insurgency, invasion and every other pressing and escalating fluid situation there has ever been.

As things are happening and people get stressed they tend to run with anything they hear, and it looks like things are happening or rapidly heading for it so it's something to be mindful of.

Act based on what you know, not what you think, if something could have very negative consequences cover yourself and those you care about in a way that won't have negative consequences if the rumor was wrong.

Think, discern, act. Don't rEaCt!