Quote Originally Posted by lizbud
Is there any thought at the National level, how much of a homeland
security issue this could be? Is there any secuity issue that we are prepared
for? This is bad enough as just a personal health problem, but think how
easy it would be to spread disease coast to coast.

Tom CLancy, Robert Preston and a few others have written FICTIONAL TALES about an infectious disease getting loose.

The ONLY thing we have going for us is the ability to track down "patient zero" quickly and to get any people he came in contact with identified.


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Think about a disease with the ability to spred quickly- like the flu in a household..TB can be cured but that XDR TB cannot.

THe fact that you need direct contact works in our favor...it's not a fast mover!