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To: Kartographer
"Quarantines Work Against Pandemics"

So you quarantine against every possible epidemiological threat just in case one turns out to be pandemic-worthy? World economy grinds to a halt. Shipping stops. Contracts broken. WW3 breaks out due to non-delivery of goods. Then the hyper-preppers finally have something to do.

73 posted on 05/12/2014 4:18:28 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: steve86; Kartographer
"So you quarantine against every possible epidemiological threat just in case one turns out to be pandemic-worthy? World economy grinds to a halt. Shipping stops. Contracts broken. WW3 breaks out due to non-delivery of goods. Then the hyper-preppers finally have something to do. "

Don't be ridiculous. You quarantine only against those threats that are both contagious and have a high fatality rate. That pretty much eliminates your doomsday scenario.

And your doomsday scenario isn't even close. The world economy would not grid to a halt. Shipping wouldn't grind to a halt.

And even if all international trade suddenly halted, the economies would keep ticking along. There would be some shortages, and we would learn to substitute.

84 posted on 05/12/2014 5:32:36 PM PDT by DannyTN
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