I think that's also a worrying possibility. It might be true. Whether or not you think 'left-leaning' is the correct ideology, I would expect more left-leaning

I think that's also a worrying possibility. It might be true. Whether or not you think 'left-leaning' is the correct ideology, I would expect more left-leaning people to reject the 'either-or'. But to think that the government should be enacting policies to avoid casualties from both disease and poverty, not choosing one or the other. I.e. distributing the financial damage across everyone in proportion to their existing affluence.