The mostscary thing of a greatplagueis notbeinginfectedanddie suddenly butwatching your own kinddyingand just leavetheminquarantineforself-preservation.
To protect his family during the SARS outbreak, Dr. Lee moved out of his apartment and lived in self-imposed quarantine for months while treating patients, seeing his wife and young son only once a day through the grille of a metal door when they came to drop off his dinner.