Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
To put things in perspective:
2002 - West Nile
2004 - SARS
2005 - Bird Flu
2009 - Swine flu
2014 - Ebola
2016 - Zika
Good info.
To put further in perspective, consider all of this happened after 9-11. We've been hit pretty hard with issues that have affected world-wide travel and interstate commerce.
Ebola has been popping up more than a few times. 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2014-16.