I think it's a symptom of propaganda that has driven a number of people into a perpetual state of fear, and they lack the mental faculties to get themselves out of the hole.

They powers that be spend all they time and effort to indoctrinate us from a young age, through repetition of falsehoods that people form their whole identities around, which is why they get so upset and offended when anyone questions their beliefs.

Those who refuse to snap out of it, I encourage to keep up to date with their medical subscriptions and leave resolving this mess to the rest of us.