“All that stress is unnecessary and people are in a panic over something that is not a threat.”
I live within 20 min. of the hospital where the man was who died and live 12 min. from the sheriff’s deputy (in my county) who was checked out and is okay. I don’t know anyone in this area who is “in a panic”, but we are keeping close tabs on what happens in this area so we will know if we should stay home.
People coming into the US with this disease IS a threat to life in this country.
I do believe that quarantine should have happened a long time ago, to try and keep it confined to the countries that had the outbreaks.
We used to understand no non essential travel. No one in or out without being held in isolation for the required length of time.
Taking aid and supplies in could be handled by setting up 3 decontaminated zones. The middle zone is the one used to drop off the supplies, then they retreat to zone one and decontaminate as a precaustion.
Non symtomatic people come and get the supplies and take them into the end zone, and sorted out for distribution around the country. The middle zone is then decontaminated.
After supplies leave the end zone for distribution, the end zone is decontaminated too.
Or something similar.