The picture that comes to my mind is of the Pied Piper tootling on his flute as he leads a column of dancing rats to their destruction. One smug rat turns to another and says :
“Hey SA, we need to silence those conspiracy theorists. Their crazy complaints make it difficult to enjoy the wonderful pipe music.
“Yes, Clark, what those idiots don’t understand is that we need to be isolated for our own protection. We’ll be allowed back into Hamelin as soon as the emergency is over.”