just what i wanted to wake up to

tomorrow, my rens embark on a very cool trip to China for 2 weeks, and i hope they have a good time and get to see and experience all kinds of things while there. so this morning i wake up to NPR talking about how LAX is working with the CDC (which is working with other airports, but LAX was the one of choice for the article) one how to deal with the possible flu pandemic if someone starts showing symptoms on the flight from asia. they'd basically take the sick people off and quarantine them in a negative pressure chamber (really? i was picturing something like this) and everyone on the plane would be taken and isolated for the 24-48 hours it takes to confirm the illness.

now, if they people removed really are sick, then the rest of the passengers are quarantined for 7-10 days to see if anyone else is going to get sick. if not, then they are released. and i imagine, if some more people start showing symptoms, that would extend the passenger quarantine.

so that's making me feel REALLY good about my rens trip.