[crooked-v]

> without being orders of magnitude worse than the earthquake

You're overlooking the exaggerated panic-and-horror reaction of the public to literally any kind of nuclear incident. If you design merely for statistically acceptable results it's basically guaranteeing political blowback at some point.

[politician]

The Dominant Media has an exaggerated role in this when they whip up paranoia for ratings (really no different than Facebook prioritizing angry posts in your feed — eyeballs get ads).

[MadeThisToReply]

> when they whip up paranoia for ratings

Wait until you learn about a thing called COVID-19.

[qwerty456127]

There was no media coverage done in time for the Chernobyl incident and no panic/horror. Apparently lack of these didn't help much.