You get about twice as amany people turning up if yell fire, because the motivations are diffeerent.
If you yell ‘Rape’ or ‘Murder’ then people feel that they have to get actively involved.
If you shout ‘Fire’ it is a spectator sport. People will look at a fire.
In most crimes you do not physically need somebody to step in. Most of the time crims do not like it if there are witnesses that can identify them, so they leave.
The point for yelling “Fire” in a quest game is the same as a “code 10” call. It Means we need help here now!!!.
Just because some people twist data and spin data for their own personal and political ends does not mean the data is bad. it means the interpretation is bad. that is why we publish, so that anyone that wants to can check the original data and verify for themselves the veracity of the statement. I think they call it peer review.