> When would be an appropriate time for people to become aware of the problem and start caring? Now is as good a time as any. What doesn't help the discussion

> When would be an appropriate time for people to become aware of the problem and start caring? Now is as good a time as any. What doesn't help the discussion is making it about the current administration when this is a problem that spans multiple administrations on both ends of the political spectrum. It's the same for policies that span the Trump and Obama administrations (and probably the W Bush and Clinton administrations too).