We do need a rational process how to respond to these kinds of events

Maybe plans have already been developed (e.g. by the CDC). Of course, public perception has to be factored in.

A Chinese woman has sparked online ire for boasting that she evaded coronavirus health checks, despite having a fever, to fly to France to dine in a Michelin-starred restaurant.

The Chinese embassy in Paris said it had tracked down the woman from Wuhan, who it called Mrs Yan, and who boasted that she took tablets to pass airport health checks.

On social media, she said she had been suffering from a fever but managed to mask her symptoms with medicine and travel to Lyon, southeastern France, for a slap-up gastronomic meal.

25% of people who catch this end up in critical condition in the hospital.

That could destabilize a county.

There are already towns in China with barricades and peasants holding spikes not letting people in.

That’s a quick slide into medieval times.

Is there going to be a blanket ban on goods shipped out of China now?

The virus doesn’t survive long enough outside a host to be a threat.