02-23-2020, 12:35 PM
So HOTPE, to be clear - should everyone "stock enough household supplies to last for several weeks"? I'm not sure we've heard that before (repeatedly, going back for years 
As for what to reasonably expect from the CDC, here's a highlight from from Nancy Messonnier, the Director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, in Friday's press conference:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/...id-19.html
"We never expected we’d catch every traveler with novel coronavirus from China. It would be impossible. We’re not seeing spread here in the United States yet, but it is possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen. Our goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus into the U.S. This buys us more time to prepare our communities for more cases and possibly sustained spread. This new virus represents a tremendous public health threat. "
Hopefully that spells things out as well.
As for what to reasonably expect from the CDC, here's a highlight from from Nancy Messonnier, the Director for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, in Friday's press conference:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/...id-19.html
"We never expected we’d catch every traveler with novel coronavirus from China. It would be impossible. We’re not seeing spread here in the United States yet, but it is possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen. Our goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus into the U.S. This buys us more time to prepare our communities for more cases and possibly sustained spread. This new virus represents a tremendous public health threat. "
Hopefully that spells things out as well.