You're not pessimistic at all. You're being realistic. All the cases of "Norovirus" taking out cruise ships, schools, conferences and places where people assemble, are they coincidental? Similar numbers of people congregated through years past and I don't recollect mass numbers of people violently ill from the experience. Not to mention the deaths of elk, dolphins, whales, birds, etc. in large quantities.
To your question about the last time I purchased ANYTHING made in the USA, I respond that I bought a rug at Costco and a Huskquevna rototiller - MADE IN THE USA! If I have to pay more for these products, I, for one, will do so. If I know a company outsources its work, and another doesn't, the one that doesn't outsource gets my business every time. JustPiper has a handy list of outsourcers at her NoE site.
must add to the NoE list for outsourcing -g-