This seems a lot like Y2K syndrome -- Lots of experts working really hard to avert a crisis, and if/when they mostly succeed, it gives regular folks the impress

This seems a lot like Y2K syndrome -- Lots of experts working really hard to avert a crisis, and if/when they mostly succeed, it gives regular folks the impression that there wasn't much of an issue in the first place, and it was all overblown to begin with. "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"