It would not take long, for instance, for the sanitation workers to figure out they could be getting exposed to the disease and just not show up for work. We have seen how well a garbage worker's strike works in an urban area.
That, however, is just one of many sectors where employees might decide the paycheck is no longer worth the risk, and the absence of or undermanning of those sectors could lead to a breakdown of common services and a loss of civility which has the potential to spread far beyond areas directly affected by the disease, especially with the current social climate in the US having been whipped to a frenzy by recent events and the media.
I think the same quandry applies here as there: at what point do those who enforce a quarantine kill those seeking to escape it out of fear for their lives?
The very real possibilities get very ugly very fast as food, fuel, and other shipments are delayed or stop due to travel restrictions, hazards, or no-go areas.
The system is more fragile than many believe.
“The system is more fragile than many believe.”
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It is a just in time world!
What happens if people do place themselves in self imposed quarantine? Who operates the system then?
Living in a rural area, with our own well and septic plus our normal food supply stock, I’m thinking that our best chance, should it make it here, is to lock the door and stay home for as long as it takes.