You are right when you say: it could also be worse. I concede that it's impossible to disprove my assertion, but it might still be true: we just don't know. I

You are right when you say: it could also be worse. I concede that it's impossible to disprove my assertion, but it might still be true: we just don't know. I'm arguing that we should embrace the uncertainty and accept that we can't know certain things. These sorts of articles can cause immense stress in people and are therefore doing harm. The uncertainties involved are fundamentally unquantifiable. We think we can know, but we make only educated guesses. We should keep doing that, but communication about the results should be honest. A title that states "one billion people will suffer" isn't that.