I do agree with you, but I also think an appropriate measure of skepticism should be applied to all "emergencies" as well. People do all sorts of stupid counter-productive things when they're all freaked-out and not thinking straight because of an "emergency." And people in a position to create or exaggerate emergencies will do so cynically in order to manipulate an otherwise non-compliant public into accepting all sorts of stuff that's against their interests.
