Outside of the US, the Pangolin Poison spread through countries that either could literally weld people’s doors shut by order of the state, or had civilized healthcare system and workplace practices that could help accommodate people during this pandemic.
We do not weld doors shut here, ask that dude in New England. We also do not have modern practices enjoyed by most of the civilized world.
For example, I believe most EU countries would consider the practice of making employees report back to work before they were cured criminal, absolutely criminal.
Two weeks is going time for quarantine for the novel coronavirus, countless businesses across the land would never allow for this, with the going max of consecutive days being between 3 to 5.
Without universal healthcare for all like in the rest of the civilized world, we have no mechanism in place to allow people a couple of weeks of required sick leave that will not affect the bottom line of capitalists, especially those in Right to Work states.
I am sure Management and the overlord CEOs will be “working from home.” Will they allow their countless employees the same luxury of sick leave if they get the Pangolin Poison?
Or will Human Resources hold company lines across the land about current on the books sick leave policies?
We are at the absolute mercy of our capitalist overlords concerning the welfare of our republics.
Conventions and business travel will not be the death of all, our arcane healthcare system coupled with barbaric workplace polices will be. This is how we would have rapid spread, people fearing for their jobs.
And if I was of the Boomer generation, I would take a gander of what generation this virus affects the most and start beating the dreams for Congress to act and declare two weeks mandatory paid sick leave for anyone who is affected by the new coronavirus.