Over the Yomim Tovim I happened to skim through a copy of Rav Hirsh's sefer "Horeb". In one section he discussed a directive from Chazal to leave a city struck with plague. With Ebola having been contracted in the U.S. (Hashem yishmor) several questions arise:
Is this directive a halachic mandate or good advise (and what is it's source)?
When is an infection significant enough to trigger this directive?
What is the obligation of an non-quarantined individual who may conceivably be infected, and at risk of spreading it, with regard to this directive?
Does the advise of government health officials (i.e. CDC) "not to panic" or so forth have any effect in absolving one's responsibility to follow this directive?
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