This IRB-approved, based on Glesne’s traditions, and grounded in Vygotsky’s socio-cultural constructivism theory qualitative case study on the topic of perceptions of the COVID-19 by college students was conducted in the northern United States. The subjects in this research were two international students in an American college. The purpose of this project was to investigate the nature of the students’ perceptions, the possible roots of the produced behaviors in the young people, and the role of the social media-based influencers in formation of attitudes, biases, and misconceptions in college students. The major instrument for this study were the semi-structured interviews with the participants. The data were collected online via the individual participant interviews and subject observations. The audio-recorded and transcribed interviews were coded and analyzed according with Saldana’s principles of thematic and value coding. Media and social nets content and activity was tracked during the progress of this project. All the collected data were documented and triangulated. Miles and Huberman memoing data analysis was implemented. This research found multiple uncontrollable negative influences and manipulation by anonymous authors on the college students’ thinking and decision making. The significance of this study’s findings and implications is in their global applicability.