"How people respond is going to be more intense, more visceral," one consultant said.
She said: "This is unfamiliar territory for Australia and how we respond is going to say a lot about how we are going to prepare ourselves for the next 18 months leading into the Commonwealth Games".
How this country continues to respond is going to be a key determining factor in her role and viability as an economic power going forward.
"When things happen in the marketplace, there obviously is a lag time as people respond to what is going on".
And our collective ability to respond to them is going to be crucial.
Kennedy asked Romero, "Is everybody safe; OK?" and Romero responded, "Yes, yes, everything is going to be OK".
He can be heard responding, between expletives, that she is going to die.
He knows how every guy is going to respond.
"You instantly sense she is not a person who is going to respond to flattery.
"We don't know how the human immune system is going to respond.
