Do you live near the CDC?

[BonnyC]

I live in Georgia, about 2 hours north of Atlanta and it kind of freaks me out to be so close to the CDC. Not just the CDC, but the CDC headquarters!!

In my mind, when I think of a potential disaster, it's due to a virus that spreads like wildfire, kills quickly and can't be cured. That's one of my biggest fears. And, it doesn't make me feel any better being near a place where they develop and test viruses.

Does anyone else live near one of the CDC locations? How do you feel about it? Even if you don't live near one, I'd still appreciate your input.

[TeacherSmurf]

My husband and I try not to live close to anything.  Our last place was 2 hr from a town with more than 1,000 people.

With that said, I think it would be "safer" living closer to the CDC.  The reason is, they know what they are dealing with.  How many illnesses are misdiagnosed because the local Dr's have never seen them before.  They don't really know how to handle extreme situations.  In the town we lived in, there was one Dr, in one clinic, with one nurse.  They were overworked during normal flu season, I can't imagine if there was some sort of contagious outbreak.

Granted the CDC is a government agency, so bureaucracy is involved.  However, there are also leading specialist and experts on rare and not-so-rare diseases.     

[Lieutenant]

I made a trip to the CDC for training a few years back. It is a very interesting place, I wouldn't be to worried about things escaping from it. There are precautions that I would have never thought of. All my training dealt with infectious disease management back when there was a scare that al-Qaeda was going to release small pox.