[Jack Hydrazine]

I tend to say that enough Americans will isolate themselves to prevent the spread.

[maro]

If the virus becomes aerosolized, all bets are off. It will be like the Spanish flu of 1918.

[maro]

If the virus becomes aerosolized, all bets are off. It will be like the Spanish flu of 1918.

[grania]

I tend to say that enough Americans will isolate themselves to prevent the spread

I'm over cautious by nature. I'm among the group that is stocking enough food, health, entertainment and home maintainance supplies to be able to self-quarantine for three months if necessary. I'm surprised how many people are doing the same.

I don't know a practical way to store enough water if the supply becomes compromised or is turned off.

[lilypad]

Unless you happen to be in a hospital and the knuckleheads insist on bringing the Ebola patients in there while you’re getting chemo or some other treatment. Surprise! We have an Ebola patient on the floor above you and 2 above the cafeteria. Not to worry though.......

[ctdonath2]

Problem is, effective quarantine requires everyone isolate for twice the incubation period: 2 months. Ain’t happening.

[Axenolith]

Which will put a stake in the heart of the economy.

It won’t take many “wild” cases here to put a lot of folks on self imposed lockdown, IMHO. I read a while back that overall projected cases were modeled to reach the 100,000 level in the first couple weeks of December, and that was the number where wild cases would start cropping up in western nations.