It's funny that we're probably 2 of the best-informed people around, on such topics, and some of the most propaganda-proof people in our peer groups.... but we both feel the other has succumbed to propaganda in this case. I assume only one of us is right (that we aren't both completely befuddled)? But I don't assume it's the one who has watched the most reports (and clips of 1000 people in a courtyard all doing the shimmy shake for the camera) about it.
Why do you mention that you work with the public? Are you insinuating you're at risk? If so, that's your fear showing, by very definition. You're saying "I have a right to be afraid, I could get infected and die!" That's the fear. Keep in mind all the other engineered plagues that we've dealt with and continue to deal with. This one is just another name on that ever-growing list. You're not going to get it, and you don't need the vaccine.