Whatever it was, I doubt it was natural. It spread WAY too fast for it to be natural. Now as for what's happening elsewhere? I think much the same as in LA. Most folks fleeing the cities as fast as their conveyances can carry them, some spreading the infection far and wide. But as of now? I'd not want to be too close to a city, any city. It's just teeming with the buggers and they don't need much provocation to go chase you. So I think staying away is going to be on everyone's minds.