> If we were dealing with some kind of hemorrhagic fever that spread like wildfire through all cross-sections of the population, sending dying people lurching i

> If we were dealing with some kind of hemorrhagic fever that spread like wildfire through all cross-sections of the population, sending dying people lurching into the street within a few hours of infection, moaning and bleeding from their eyes, there would be no controversy. Are we sure about that? Scientific measures to control Ebola met with great resistance when they seemed to go against local cultural practices in Africa [1]. While cultural practices in the U.S. are different, I would expect some resistance here too. > The bug is bad but not that bad. It "almost never" kills children, it targets "old" or "fat" people disproportionately Interestingly these are demographics that seem to be somewhat over-represented in Florida given how many retirees move there. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709130/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709130/