[pepsionice]

Bingo.

I think the missing part of the story is that a segment of society (the pack-a-day smoker, the asthma folks, the COPD crowd, the weakened immune system individuals) are the ones who will require a massive amount of hospital care to survive, and the system (doesn’t matter which country you talk about) isn’t developed enough to handle a huge infected crowd showing up in a short period of time (say 90 days). The rest of us (probably 94-percent of society) will just consider it a serious bout of the flu and spend a week at home recovering.

[PapaBear3625]

I think the missing part of the story is that a segment of society (the pack-a-day smoker, the asthma folks, the COPD crowd, the weakened immune system individuals) are the ones who will require a massive amount of hospital care to survive, and the system (doesn’t matter which country you talk about) isn’t developed enough to handle a huge infected crowd showing up in a short period of time (say 90 days). The rest of us (probably 94-percent of society) will just consider it a serious bout of the flu and spend a week at home recovering.

I think you just noticed the elephant in the room.

The HIV+ crowd must be in a panic, and given the power of the "gay community", this may be a major driving force behind the quarantine.

[Osage Orange]

Common sense..ain’t all the common.