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  1. We all hear nightly about Spain, China, Italy, elsewhere and here at home. What we seldom hear is anything at all about the American military members with their families in places like Caserma Ederle (Vicenza, Italy) home of the 173D ABCT (Yes I am partial and yes I am a former Sky Soldier) and of course Aviano Airbase. What about all the American military installations in Germany? Yes we have Americans in trouble here at home, but also abroad. Keep all in your prayers please.

    America also has some 74.1 million American citizens above the age of 60 years old. We also have a bunch of people with many pre-existing medical conditions that make them susceptible to this ‘Chinese Coronavirus’. We have some 900,000 existing beds in hospitals and clinics nationwide. Perhaps this will not be near enough. However, up here in the ‘North Country’ of Minnesota we have under 240 ICU beds still left. This is troubling because as those infected progress in the more serious pneumonia their needs for acute care become paramount to their recovery. If we do continue exponential increases in infected and those in serious/critical condition we will have a major strain on our medical facilities, supplies, vital equipment and most importantly, our medical frontline care workers.

    Even on this localized level, the state of Minnesota, we have this troubling trend of not enough test kits for more cases than we can ‘confirm’ to be existing. Medical workers have already been out some 10-12 days here already with suspected, but unconfirmed cases. This is going to take time to fully extend across the nation and with just in time delivery we will be seeing this spread regardless of social distancing is in place. Can we lessen the problem a bit? I believe it is possible, but we all know this is not a real lock down in most of the country so it will spread just like the Spanish Flu did some 9 months across the entirety of these somewhat-divided states.

    My brothers latest report came in from his current duty station at West Point. Yes, there are severe protocols in place to contain the spread on this crucial military installation just as is being attempted in NYC and greater New York. However, the number of cases is astronomically straining the medical system beyond what they can truly handle. When you see a sitting governor plead for all recent medical worker retirees to come back you know there is trouble in the ‘Big Apple’. A call for additional retired military medics, docs and other related MOSes related to medical care has also gone out. He also told me well over 200 NYPD are infected with the call still going out to release ‘non-violent’ criminals back into population. This is troubling as the notion that these are truly non-violent individuals is load of dung. They pleaded down their case to not get stuck with felonious charges and right-minded individuals need to call their representatives nationwide to resist such measures. In any event all those seeking to replenish their pantries are having to undergo 1-hour fever checks, questionnaire about recent travel or possible exposure to others with COVID-19. It is truly important to try and limit your exposure so we do not have widespread community transmission to vulnerable populations. I understand money is necessary to exist, but no one wants to accidentally get their elder family members infected either. Yes this has directly happened here in Minnesota leading to our first death.

    Finally, I was personally contacted that my recent order to add a bit more depth to our existing supplies would not be able to be fulfilled due to overwhelming demand at the online LDS Cannery Food Storage store. This was a major help to many on here and across the country to provide staples in the event of a disaster, such as this. I hope they are able to replenish their supplies and continue offering fair-market prices on necessary items. Seed Savers Exchange are completely sold out on transplants so I pray you can start your own plants for a garden we all need to be preparing to plant. This is also a serious time to stock up on emergency seeds just in case we need to have the means to provide should this pandemic continue into next season. God Bless you and yours. We all need to be checking on neighbors, wearing out our prayer bones and mentoring others on how to prepare their own families for prolonged issues in our food supply.

    Thank you to SurvivalBlog.com for continuing to allow us to provide a forum for communication that can help each other in this tough time.

    My brother is

  2. I also failed to mention that the ‘Big Army’ is expecting its 6,000 green LTs to be delivered on time, despite the interruption in their Senior Year training. This is a bit of a concern, but is just another factor affected indirectly by this virus. I am sure their are countless others, but these are the times strong men must face and lead others on a path that is guided by faith, honest, integrity and honor.

  3. Tibet has changed since China invaded. … Such things have happened before, and are still occurring.

    The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is not seen as the authentic (by the original inhabitants) Tibet as it was artificially created by China in 1965 for political reasons. It comprises less than half of the surface of historical Tibet and it merges together the provinces of western Kham and U-Tsang. Tibet has an estimated population of about 6 million Tibetans and 7.5 million Chinese settlers. The estimated population within the TAR is 2.62 million, of which 93% are Tibetans and 6% are Han Chinese, whilst the rest live in the Tibetan areas outside the TAR.
    ……..Tibet is rich in natural resources such as gold, iron, lead, uranium and huge reserves of forest. ………The Tibetan Plateau is the source of most of Asia’s major rivers and the surrounding terrain is extremely fertile and rich in forests.
    [From Unrepresentative Peoples and Nations Organizations site]

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