If you were running the show, and you wanted to reinforce the idea that this is some bad stuff, wouldn't you show some carnage? Some dead bodies? If it makes people drown in their own fluids, you know darn well there would be countless pics and any sensible leader would use them to show just how dangerous this is.
People take pics and videos of every little thing, however meaningless. When I would deliver food to guests at my restaurant, the first thing many did was take a photo. A stupid habit, to be sure, but rather common. Now, no one has ANY decent pics and videos of what is supposedly the biggest thing since 911, which, by the way, they pounded into the national psyche via non-stop videos of the towers falling, etc. Yes, they babbled and interviewed all sorts of people, but they showed real footage all the time. Now, NONE.