Unlike Superstorm Sandy, Hurricane Katrina, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, a tornado, or any other natural disaster that wreaks massive destruction and then ends quickly so that recovery can begin, a pandemic spreads around the world and lasts for an extended period of time. It does not hit just one locale, leaving all others with the ability to come to its aid. A pandemic hits many locales simultaneously, all of them needing emergency assistance. It has a rolling effect as it hits first individuals, then civil authority, then business, then interstate or international commerce or both. The
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