Why are quarantines and evacuations sometimes an ineffective response to WMD terrorism?

a. Quarantines do not actually prevent disease from spreading and evacuations bottleneck highways.
b. A lot of the people very susceptible to disease do not have cars.
c. Most Americans are no longer watching TV for news and would probably not get the message in time.
d. The public may not comply with quarantine or evacuation orders and, in fact, the imposition of a quarantine may make matters worse by generating panic where there was none.


d. The public may not comply with quarantine or evacuation orders and, in fact, the imposition of a quarantine may make matters worse by generating panic where there was none.

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