Without pain you could die of something curable. It is a way to prevent bad things from happening.
With whistleblowers the country can die of something fixable eliminatable and shines a light on the wicked.
There is no difference in the importance of our survival between the two. That anyone wants to harm attack "out" punish destroy whistleblowers is shocking. Evil. Conscienceless. Unconscionable. Deplorable. DESPICABLE. HORRIBLE. Anyone you know or know of who is exactly like that?