Even those of us that are not "outcasts" are not heeded. I have always been an active researcher. I have always had an extremely inquisitive mind and have always had to know how stuff works and what everything is. Fortunately, when I started researching pandemic response protocols at the very beginning, I accessed the NIH and CDC published protocols and sent them out to my friends and family. The very fact that government did the exact opposite on almost every step helped save my entire family and most of my friends. My argument was to point out that the protocols have been in place for decades from numerous previous pandemics and scares. Unfortunately, some of my outer circle of friends couldn't be bothered to read what I sent them and watched the news instead. You can't reach everyone, you simply do the best you can to get them to look into it themselves. The ones you reach have to give you enough joy to balance out the ones you lose.