[Smokin' Joe]

When you look at it most of us are advocating two things one that the government and health services do their job, which is a strict and aggressive quarantine of African countries involved in the outbreak and two that everyone make plans and stock supplies so as to handle a self imposed or ordered quarantine of weeks or months. So what is hysterical about that?

No hysteria at all. If, for instance, there was a case in your small town (assuming you live in one),it takes 42 days without report of any new infections to declare an outbreak over. That's two incubation periods.

That's six weeks, minimum you either have your own stuff or are dependent on the people who didn't stop the disease at the borders to feed you. Every time you go out for supplies, you become the next potential case.

Seems prudent to be prepared to sit it out, especially considering the stakes--literally life or death (well, a 60-90% chance of death).

[sneakers]

Thanks for the ping. I would rather be informed than not. I can make my own choices accordingly. It is better to be prepared and nothing happen than not be prepared and the unthinkable happen.

sneaks