Re:Ask HN: What would you do in case of a large Ebola outbreak?
by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @06:00PM
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We probably should have nationwide "fire drills" for these sort of society-level threats.
This reminds me of Bruce Schneier's Security Theatre - that we should not try the preventative approach to terrorism (including spying on everyone) but should focus on detective work and emergency response.
As a society, at the society wide level, we have few if any accepted plans. Sure there is the usual martial law plus bits but that is bound to be resisted or ignored. The fact that HN (with a higher % of the population of people who actually ask themselves these sort of questions) has no single answer tells me we need a commonly understood response - most people instinctively know "stay inside, no travel" but the barest preparation would help exponentially if anything did happen.
This reminds me of Bruce Schneier's Security Theatre - that we should not try the preventative approach to terrorism (including spying on everyone) but should focus on detective work and emergency response.
As a society, at the society wide level, we have few if any accepted plans. Sure there is the usual martial law plus bits but that is bound to be resisted or ignored. The fact that HN (with a higher % of the population of people who actually ask themselves these sort of questions) has no single answer tells me we need a commonly understood response - most people instinctively know "stay inside, no travel" but the barest preparation would help exponentially if anything did happen.