So you're prepared to send out a press release which, by your own admission:
- "will have no effect", and
- warns of 500 lives lost,
just to ensure it's "not a complete flop".
To borrow the language of Clare Prop: "Wow"! "Just: Wow"! [Exclamation marks added]
I think it would be imprudent for you to pursue the foreshadowed course of action, but it's entirely a matter for you, Dick.