If Freepers were rated on a scale from 0 to 10—
0=This is a nothingburger and total mass media hysteria/a plot to undermine the President
and
10=TEOTWAWKI,
I would probably be about a 7.
I expect that there will be local quarantines before this is done, and this will surprise a lot of folks here.
I'm around there too. I don't think many have really been watching what other countries are doing to slow it's spread. That includes, as you said, quarantines on a massive scale.
“I expect that there will be local quarantines before this is done, and this will surprise a lot of folks here.”
Most Americans will be astounded how much power a county health officer has.
Once activated by a declaration from elected officials, they become a dictator. And their enforcement is the county sheriff and all local officers.
The constitution goes into temporary suspension and due process...not even habeus corpus applies.
And as you said, a lot of folks will be surprised.