This pathogen has a long incubation period and it takes time for small numbers of people to become spreaders, so there will be a time lag between recognition an

This pathogen has a long incubation period and it takes time for small numbers of people to become spreaders, so there will be a time lag between recognition and acceleration. Threat fatigue and lack of experiencing long-tail events can lull people into complacency. I've been in the Loma Prieta, Camp Fire, week-long PSPS, near hurricanes and the Boy Scouts... be reasonably-prepared but don't go crazy buying a BSL-4 universal decontamination shower kit. Panic buying helps no one. The biggest point is if it accelerates to pandemic is for the elderly, especially men and those with chronic conditions, to be protected from anyone who could possibly have it. For them, the CFR is somewhere 15-35%. For anyone who needs hospitalization, the CFR is about 49%. Occasionally and randomly, healthy people die from it too at very low rates.