[Shelayne]

For those who hate over excerpted articles and don't mind spoilers, the thing the author fears most is a deadly, highly contagious flu like the Spanish Flu from 1918.

That was not my take at all. It wasn't the Spanish flu or Ebola in and of itself, it was the collapse of medical infrastructure due to healthcare workers saying, "Thanks, but I think I'll sit this one out."

[wintertime]

It is also the health care workers, from the most skilled to the most unskilled, who will be taken out by a deadly infectious disease.

Concern is justified.

Then there is justified concern over the financial blowback. Gee! I wonder how the bowling alley the NYC doctor visited this week is doing financially this week. What is the impact of a reduced number of elective surgeries scheduled at the Dallas hospital is having?

[DainBramage]

He leaves out first responders. If 50% of Fire and EMS is sick who’s going to take people to the hospital for other reasons like heart attack or broken limbs?

Who is going to fight fires?