“I have a family member doing grad work in infectious disease/infection control...They are concerned, but not panicking...”
I was just thinking about that. My plan had been to panic starting on Feb 12. But, at this point, I’m just heavy prep. I may even put off the Feb 12th date.
(by the way, ‘panic’ means hunkering down at home...no more working until it’s safe again)
I have the choice to hunker down at home...and I could stay home for a month or more...I always take precautions at flu season to sanitize—I always have a pump hand sanitizer dispenser in my car.
Family member actually works in a lab...they don’t have the choice to hunker down :( It will be interesting to see if the lab starts stepping up their infection prevention protocols...that will be very telling to me.
BTW, I live 30 minutes of the 2 confirmed Chicago cases are...So I am taking this more seriously than many who live in small towns in rural areas...