As stated prior, we agree on most of this.
Except that I view closing the hospital after:
Especially once their medicos became ill and started dying. Even the janitor at MMA who cleaned up after Sawyer became ill and died.
as strictly reactionary. If we act the same, ('we' being the 'authorities' in the US), well...it'll be ugly, if we're lucky (and that's stating it from a positive viewpoint from a cynic). .02
Nah, they closed the hospital once they realized who and what Sawyer was. The deaths came a week or so after that.