It's a lose-lose scenario. Either you do nothing and the more easily influnced public goes "Why is nothing being done? Why didn't anyone prepare for this easily

It's a lose-lose scenario. Either you do nothing and the more easily influnced public goes "Why is nothing being done? Why didn't anyone prepare for this easily foreseeable crisis?" or you plan things and they go "It's all preplanned, it's a conspiracy in every level of the government!"