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1. You mentioned the disaster in Haiti. I volunteer with Crisis Response International. We go into disaster areas and meet basic needs with the gospel. In Puerto Rico, we have been handing out solar lights and water filters. What low tech, non aerosol items could we hand out that would be effective against flies, mosquitos, and lice? They would have to be small and fit in our personal luggage, esp since we are probably talking about 3 separate items per household. I’m talking about getting hundreds in quickly.

   1. Nurse,
      Besides DDT (which I’m not sure you would be able to procure and transport), the second best item would be mosquito netting for use at night.

      1. A curse upon Rachel Carson and her book of lies “Silent Spring”.

      2. We personally use mosquito netting. But it’s too bulky to hand out in quantity given our space and means of transportation. I have used fly paper with good results at home. Not sure it would be as effective for disastets

   2. I think you may be referring to anthrax, which is sometimes called “sheep shearer’s disease”. It causes the cutaneous form of the disease which is indeed rarely fatal. However, there are other poxes out there like cow pox, camel pox, rat pox and monkey pox. They can be confusing. dmc

   3. There is no magic bullet, but there are some very useful things that you can do. The military and outdoorsmen use permethrin sprays on their clothing. Once dry, it lasts for a long time as a repellent. It is pretty safe, too. That would keep down the body lice and prevent a lot of mosquito biting…ticks, too. As far as flies go, there are a lot of things that will kill flies…baits, traps, tapes…but the reality is that they can out-reproduce any of these methods. As my article stated, there is nothing to replace good sanitation. Finally, elsewhere in the responses some people mentioned mosquito nets. These can be very useful, but are better if treated with the same permethrin spray that hunters use on their clothing. This will prevent the insects from biting you through the netting. Hope this helps.

2. Such has it ever been throughout history, during war, more armies have been stopped, more deaths have been caused by disease vectors then by bloodshed.

3. “Diarrhea can be prevented with good water treatment and sanitation.”

   Only if everyone does it.

   Flies fly. Mosquitos fly. Vectors move.

   Your health is at risk based on what everyone else does. Prepare accordingly.

   I don’t know a fly’s range, but personally I’d want to be outside of it.

4. As another commenter said mosquitoe nets are an excellent idea. So good that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has provided thousands to Africa. They are available now.

   Smallpox is never really eradicated from the wild and those who sheer sheep will get s mild
   form of it which needs treatment. The government has 300 million doses of smallpox vaccine stockpiled so that is a good sign I suppose.

5. I meant to say those who sheer sheep may (not will) get a mild form on their hands or arms. Not often but occasionally.

6. CDC notes that people aged 60 years and older may have increased risk of an adverse reaction to the yellow fever vaccine — but they do not advise against getting the vaccine if at high risk of being exposed to the disease itself (travel to or living in risky areas of South America and Africa.)

   https://www.cdc.gov/yellowfever/vaccine/index.html

   Since the vaccine is required for entry to some countries, older survivalists might want to double check that bugout to South America.

7. What killed the most in our American civil war on both the Union and Confederate troops was bad water!

8. when I grew up, we had possible rabies from wild feral dogs, diseases from ticks, so my mother had a big copper kettle to boil our clothes in at least once a week, several bonuses there, very clean clothes and killed any nasties hiding in the seams and creases in the cloth, we also bathed in hot water and fresh homemade soap at least 4 or 5 times a week, living in the country was like that, we also shot a lot of rabbits for food, had to check for myxy though, our pet dogs and cats were also sprayed with Apple cider vinegar and other remedys, we used nets for mosquitoes at night and fly screens on all windows even now, this link works for delousing your pets ( say’s for cats but also works just as well for dogs.

   https://homeremedyshop.com/17-home-remedies-for-fleas-on-cats/

   My firm prediction is that when the power goes off for good, having a wood fire burning under your backyard big copper will be a very important item !

   Peace

   Tom

9. In current news, Denver, Seattle, San Diego and many places in Michigan are having Hepatitis A outbreaks. That is normally passed by fecal matter and not washing your hands adequately.

   We are already having a breakdown.

   It seems to be a problem with the Homeless (where they don’t have sanitary facilities, and they banned plastic shopping bags which were the alternative) and Refugees.

   The refugees coming in to places like Nebraska, Minnesota, and Kansas have also brought with them Tuberculosis, and even antibiotic resistant varieties.

   One side note on Typhus – There will be Typhoid Marys who are carriers – they don’t appear sick but have the disease and are infectious. Without modern public health to find and quarantine (and hope you have antibiotics to cure them), you aren’t going to get rid of Typhus.

   Something worse but not mentioned is Sexually Transmitted diseases. We already have a pandemic. The oldies of Ghonorhea and Syphillis are becoming resistant and epidemic, but Chlaymidia can cause sterility and often has few syptoms. HIV will be fatal when you can’t get the anti-virals. Herpes and HPV are also permanently infectious and need drugs to mitigate. And there’s more, lots more. Even those who found Christ aren’t always healed. And considering the existing pandemic with a working health system, what happens when it isn’t there?

10. The SHTF hasn’t even hit yet, but the drug shortage for emergency medicine continues. Epi 1:1000, which we use for heart attacks has had its expiration date extended 6bmonths due to shortages. Here’s something from Steve Quayle’s site. I remember asking for replacement IV solutions from the er’s when we brought in a patient. This has been going on for a while.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/flu-patient-surge-hits-hospitals-164422142.html

11. Don’t forget the Bubonic and Pneumonic Plague, which are not wiped out at all and live in the wild, with a few deaths each year. It was spread by rats and still lives in the wild in other varmints.

    I had a cousin die of it in the 50’s but I hear about a death every few years, so it’s ready to surface when the rats take over the cities in a huge event.

    1. You are right that plague is still around. I did not include it in my article because there is some evidence that it is not the same bacterium that it was a few hundred years ago. Diseases have a tendency to attenuate or weaken over the years, causing milder forms of the disease. I’m sorry to hear of your cousin; it is proof that plague is still dangerous, especially the pneumonic form.

12. Vaccines are no longer about public health and disease control but a profit center for big pharma(a child now is supposed to get hundreds of vaccinations)with little to no proven efficacy and unsafe ingredients(mercury,antifreeze etc). If they were safe or effective they wouldn’t need perfect immunity under the law.

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