In that case, maybe the media and academia could use its narrative making power to convince people to believe in and repeat something useful. They clearly are a

In that case, maybe the media and academia could use its narrative making power to convince people to believe in and repeat something useful. They clearly are able to promote falsehoods or unsubstantiated wishful thinking to the level of widely accepted truths with institutional backing, if needed. Maybe they should then convince people that incentivizing companies to make vaccines exactly when they are most needed is a good thing. That it's true should make it easier job than it usually is.