"Instead of acting with compassion and trying to convince people of the dangers of this disease" Like that hasn't been done non-stop since the world heard the

"Instead of acting with compassion and trying to convince people of the dangers of this disease" Like that hasn't been done non-stop since the world heard the term "coronavirus"? A significant percentage of the population prefer not to listen to the science and instead believe in conspiracy theories. Science literacy in the general population is abysmal. That's just a fact. Many people prefer to listen to what their morning talk show tells them than listen to the CDC. This kind of ignorance could be overcome to some extent through massive information campaigns, but so far the US government at least is incapable or unwilling to do that. If anything, on some of the highest levels it's doing quite the opposite. That kind of obviously harmful attitude is not just ignorant, it's borderline malicious. People certainly have and will probably continue to die because of it.