Erm, no. If you've already got the raging fever & hacking cough, you'd be in the hospital already. The quarantine is for those who have been exposed but don't yet show the symptoms.
I'll tell you what the problem is. Ordinary flu kills the old and infirm. This one has killed young and healthy people. A few doctors and nurses have died treating others. It's not just the mortality rate. It's who has succumbed to it.
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Erm, no. If you've already got the raging fever & hacking cough, you'd be in the hospital already. The quarantine is for those who have been exposed but don't yet show the symptoms.
I'll tell you what the problem is. Ordinary flu kills the old and infirm. This one has killed young and healthy people. A few doctors and nurses have died treating others. It's not just the mortality rate. It's who has succumbed to it.