At the very least, it should finally hit home that our global, social and political systems are fragile.
It only takes something a couple of nanometres across to bring us to a standstill.
It only takes minor changes in behaviour to collapse employment and the economy.
It only takes imagined food shortages and a vague awareness of the weakness of supply chains to send people into an every person for themselves frenzy.
Imagine what's going to happen when climate change reduces (or even just alters) produce or livestock availability? Look what happened when people just thought toilet paper was limited.
There are a lot of people who remain climate change deniers because they have some misplaced belief that the earth is too big, and we are too smart and well established for a few degrees to matter. Maybe this will help them think again.
We're also seeing world leaders with vested interests in miscommunication reaping what they sew. Guess which two phenomenons Trump has labelled a hoax? Had to change his tune on one once the bodies started piling up. But that's literally what it took. It's probably what it will take with climate change too.
And when the world falls apart again with climate change, we'll simply see the same thing then that we're seeing from people now who ignored early scientific advice about this pandemic. Even the deniers are scared now. 'Why won't the young people stay inside? Don't they know we're all at risk?' 'What do you mean it takes 18 months for a vaccine? What's wrong with these scientists?'