"In reality, people are more capable of handling the truth than they’re often given credit for. When they have access to all the facts, they usually make the right decisions for themselves and their families" www.forbes.com/sites/robert...
Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore.
Also applies to climate change, which is why I think binding citizen assemblies are probably the best response
I'd push that just a little bit further and outright say that people are much less adept at handling mistruths and misinformation and cover-ups that clearly favor corporate (and political) interests than they ever will be at handling the simple truths. 😕