Semper Blush
Trident.....you are right on...here is how the disease will work...
you catch it like a cold/flu..that is human contact..it can live for up to a week on somethings...a cough/airplane..or hand mucus exchange..it takes a week to ten days to incubate...then it swells your throat and at that point you need a respirator...but the hospitals only have 30 -50 of those...so you end up bleeding internally to death in the majority of cases...elderly and sickly will be at the most risk....the other people will either be taking care of the sick..or panicking...IMHO...and I also believe that the people we need the most..police..Doctors...Nurses...utility workers ..will be sick and or be afraid to go to work..so all of that substructure you will need to survive will be gone..don't assume you will get a hospital bed with a respirator...the important people will get those...there will be fights...thieves...gangs...murders...until the dying stops...so you need to be able to survive during this time...by any means you think possible....pretty scary huh?