When you consider the report that one man in New York infected 137 others (IIRC) with the virus, it is something to consider strongly.
But I think Tyrone is one who wishes for us all to carry on as usual. Damn the torpedoes, or the death toll, full speed ahead.
Somewhere between his idea, and your idea to curl up in the corner into a fetal position and not move until big brother tells you too is where I'd land.
