What people? The media? The general public? Those don't matter. a year after the MAX starts flying again, no one will remember.

My mother in law hated MD-88s because of the Alaska crash. When she found out I was flying the 717 she said she was happy I wasn't in the MD-88. They both have the same jack screw, but that means nothing to her.

The people that do understand the issue, Boeing engineers, test pilots, and the FAA have plenty of experience separating pilot error from aircraft design. Even if no one died, I am sure the FAA would still be pressuring Boeing to fix the problem. Having crews routinely running the same QRH procedure for a critical flight control is unacceptable.