I'm not sure that in this context references to moose droppings when referring to the deaths in Toronto (this being "an analogy to a particular animal indigenous to that nation") would go down too well either.

Anyway, look after yourselves Toronto Mudcatters. The impression seems to be that things are under control.

I was a bit uneasy reading reports of politicians wading in, and sounding more concerned about the financial costs of a travel embargo, rather than whether it just might reduce the danger.

I'd have thought the last thing you'd want when you are trying to avoid a possible epidemic would be a load of stragers coming in and out, and distractions like that, making it necessary to take extra precautions to cut out additional risks of spreading something that isn't fully understood.

Shades of "Jaws" or "An Enemy of the People"...