[ansel12]

One cool thing about an Ebola survival scenario, is that we still have all the luxuries, hot showers, flush toilets, our full kitchens, internet, and air conditioning.

One big shopping trip to the store and it’s pretty much done, assuming that you don’t have to go to work or leave the house like most people do.

Retirees and the rich, and welfare people wouldn’t have much to worry about.

[2ndDivisionVet]

You forgot shut-ins & other disabled. Or don’t we count?

[BobL]

“One cool thing about an Ebola survival scenario, is that we still have all the luxuries, hot showers, flush toilets, our full kitchens, internet, and air conditioning.”

...for now. But I certainly agree, as far as survival scenarios are concerned, this one is among the easiest: Shelter in place, but don’t count on public services holding up throughout...there is just no way to predict the extent of the panic (i.e., what if water treatment people stay home too?).

[Cats Pajamas]

Well you are assuming there will be people driving the trucks to deliver the supplies and fuel to keep the grid going for the Internet, air conditioning and kitchen appliances.

[penelopesire]

I doubt the workers at the power, water and sewer plants will even show up to keep them running if SHTF. Everyone will suffer equally...and get ‘their fair share’...the Marxist way.

[familyop]

"One big shopping trip to the store and it’s pretty much done, assuming that you don’t have to go to work or leave the house like most people do."

How long would those supplies last--two years...ten? Ebola is spreading very slowly but very surely. One big shopping trip to the store wouldn't yield enough supplies for long at all. Even many trips wouldn't cover everything needed for only a short while, because very few people are thinking realistically or honestly.

[Windflier]

Retirees and the rich, and welfare people wouldn’t have much to worry about.

Which still leaves the vast majority of the country at extreme risk of infection, should this thing really get out of control.

I'm already wondering how on earth I'm going to make a living if the people of Dallas county go into a full-blown panic.