A reminder/plea

[hmpf]

I would still very much appreciate replies to this here, folks. Anomymous replies are totally fine. Also, no special knowledge is required - if you've been holding off on replying so far because you feel you don't know enough about the science to really pick any of the options, just pick the option that sounds most plausible to you based on whatever little you've heard. If you're afraid your reply betrays your ignorance of the topic, and are embarrassed by that, remember you can reply anonymously.

What I'm trying to do here is getting an 'emotional image' - I want to know what the situation feels like for people who are not following the news on it so closely.