We've been lured into being overly cautious about the science, in order not to feed any snippet of false information to the idiot hordes that would seize on it

We've been lured into being overly cautious about the science, in order not to feed any snippet of false information to the idiot hordes that would seize on it and use it to discredit/distort what's actually happening. Net result - the hordes are still being idiots, and the rest of the world is blundering on thinking things ain't that bad/action isn't that urgent.