Partly agree with you. My issue is just that nothing good was ever achieved by creating mass panic in uninformed public. And, we have had more than a few cases

Partly agree with you. My issue is just that nothing good was ever achieved by creating mass panic in uninformed public. And, we have had more than a few cases like that with far too many unintended consequences. In this case you may know what is good and here propaganda is perhaps justified as you know a lot about this topic, and the rest of the world is not taking it as seriously as it should. Would that hold true in cases where you dont have a deep understanding and instead of giving you information, experts are hell bent on creating mass panic? It's a weird reinforcing loop. Institutions like WHO and others would publish a study with good research but also doomsday scenarios w low probabilities. Journalists and publications (institutions of trust #2) pick it up, and in order to simplify and get attention, focus more on doomsday scenarios. The other institutions (eg: govt. or non profits and advocacy groups) and fact checkers pick up same story believing the doomsday scenario to be the most likely one. They publish more opinions, studies, articles, reports etc. and end up creating a situation where no one can get a good understanding of the topic outside of her field. There is so much information that it is hard to gain a handle on that, and here is where I think even 20% propaganda may not be justified.