A warning delivered without a way to act can increase fear without reducing danger.

A warning without an action attached mostly produces fear. People are told something is dangerous and given nothing to do with the information, so the alarm accumulates without changing anything, which is exhausting and eventually leads them to stop listening. Information becomes useful only when paired with a possible response.

When you raise something with someone, bring at least one thing they can do, however small. And when you find yourself full of alarming information you cannot act on, whether from news or elsewhere, look for the piece of it that touches something in your reach. Converting some of the fear into an action is the only way to make it bearable.