If you do get seriously sick, your family members would not be able to visit you anyway so it does not matter if they're hundreds of miles away or just across the street.

Unlike in normal circumstances, people who die in this epidemic die alone without seeing their loved ones since the moment of hospitalization.

[edit] Sorry for the morbid implications! The vast majority of people do get better, the risk definitely exists, but even with previous conditions it's not overwhelming, getting it is not a death sentence.