I hope you’re right, that the damage is not fatal. I just see a lot of supportive attention wandering elsewhere now...I hope it can be reassembled.
The issue has exposure, the news cycles demand filling with fresh stuff or people with their short attention spans will indeed surf the channels.
I hope, too that those who have wandered will reassemble when the time comes.
Doubtless, some are belatedly giving serious thought to what would have been should conflict have ensued, and some will fade out as a result.
It is early yet.