While you have a point about the ‘we’re all gonna die’ aspect, the fact is we are way way overdue for a pandemic of some type.
You can only hold off ‘mother nature’ thinning the herd for so long, then she lets loose the entire can of whup ass in one shot - see Katrina.
Intelligent people use the time available to prepare for such events.
Sensible comment, Badeye.
(((hugs)))GrannyK