We are also talking about the management of very large groups of people in the event of the outbreak of bird flu or other contagious diseases as well as nuclear or chemical attack.
Most people d/n realize that this country is not really well prepared for a massive health care crisis. Hospitals, health care agencies,police, military, etc have been planning for massive health care problems since 9/12.
In the aftermath of any sort of outbreak or attack there will be rationing of vaccines/health care availability. That rationing factor alone will be enough to induce civil unrest on top of the difficulties of other shortages. There are already protocols in place as to who will be receiving scarce vaccines, medications or use of scarce equipment like ventilators. These protocols include occupations and age groups.