"Of note, we don't have Ebola victims (known to be infected before leaving Africa!) coming into this country and infecting medical workers, who then go dress shopping in another state to infect salespeople there."
Yet.
It will happen.
But, the truly important fact about Corona Virus?
The common every day influenza is several magnitudes of order more deadly. *expletive deleted*it, we had a perfectly happy, healthy 16 year old girl contract the flu and die 3 days later here in Northern Virginia. Not the Corona with Lime flu, not the Kung Flu, just regular old flu.
No one panics about the flu. But it's a lot worse...
From the CDC...
"While the impact of flu varies, it places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year. CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010."
And yes, people are getting their rabbit holes in a tight clench over Corona, because it's new and different and, most importantly, it's in the goddamned news cycle 24x7. And in the cubicle just across the way, Fred Fudnuk has been spreading common flu to his coworkers, but he won't know he's sick for another day.