[Smokin' Joe]

It might. The Spanish flu only killed 2.5%.

The most mild strain of Ebola killed 40%, the nastiest 90%, and so far, with the best available numbers this one is killing about 70%.

We say our better medicine is capable of saving us, and it has done well, but it can only handle so many cases.

There are 23 level 4 beds in the country, and even with our ability to improvise, the mortality rate here would jump significantly in the event that the system is overwhelmed--which likely would only take a few hundred cases.

[Ellendra]

There are 23 level 4 beds in the country,

I kind of mentioned this on another thread, but it seems to me it would be easier to build "isolation campers" than it would be to upgrade a hospital to have more level 4 beds. A camper can be built so even the wastes are kept isolated, and there could be special ports so nurses could check IVs and such without actually stepping inside. And after it's done being used, the whole thing could be towed to an incinerator.

There would have to be a lot more details worked out, but that's the basics of my idea.