but I worry about the rest of Europe. It only takes one outbreak that goes unattended to begin the spread.

We really are overdue for a major flu epidemic. I would hope that governments are stocking up on appropriate medicines. I'm not counting on it though, so I'm doing a little light planning (nothing too paranoid mind you, but just the usual emergency stuff that any good household should stock). I can't get into serious planning because I always remember Poe's Masque of the Red Death.