Dude, you're just noticing this now? One of the single most terrifying facts about our modern space-age-a-go-go society is that there is only about three days

Dude, you're just noticing this now? One of the single most terrifying facts about our modern space-age-a-go-go society is that there is only about three days of food in the pipeline. If the food stops flowing for more than a week the only thing to eat is our pets and then each other. That's some thin ice. - - - - But I'm speaking in generalities. This particular virus is unlikely to take down civilization. Remember how few people it takes to farm these days, eh? Something like 3 people out of 100 are enough to make bread. It's going to hurt but we will survive. However, this won't be the last virus. The underlying causes are the teeming numbers of humans going out into wild areas and getting exposed to new contagions, combined with our casual global travel and transport networks (this virus went international almost before we (globally) knew it existed.) We are going to have to reconfigure our civilization. - - - - "It may seem a ridiculous idea, but the only way to fight the plague is with decency." ~Camus