[Mariner]

“Why did DC wait this long ?”

Because markets and money.

On a truly grand scale.

The economic hit in a worldwide market panic would likely do more damage than the contagion.

Unless you’re one of the dead.

[ncalburt]

I think you are right .
Its a ugly scenario to think the DC crowd calculated deaths vs Stock price.
It will get ugly now that the CDC virus test stalling has stopped .