[ChemistCat]

My personal plan, subject to modification, will be implemented upon the first diagnosis of smallpox anywhere in CONUS. It's a simple plan based on cutting the odds of being exposed. We'll hole up with our food storage and our books, videos, and music. I will finally have my chance to see what the homeschooling crowd enjoys. Any contact with outsiders will be curtailed, including my medical appointments. I do not expect my government to be prepared for this if it is already in play; I won't be holding my breath for effective vaccination to be available to the masses, either. I don't intend to panic, because isolation WILL work unless we're so unfortunate as to be one of the first or second waves exposed. The odds are pretty low of that being a problem. However, the "just go buy a car" crowd could really get a lot of people killed. If this happens, I'm afraid that people won't take it seriously enough.

I would really like to see the nation's colleges and high schools developing plans for distance/home-based education of students if this particular emergency develops. Merely slowing the mobility of our society would inhibit the spread of even the most virulent strains of biowar viruses.

I might add that if this happens to us, I want the terrorists repaid with interest.