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Preps for Coronavirus by A.J.S.

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…for eye protection. Fortunately the risk of getting it this route is much lower unless you are in certain specific circumstances (in a building or on a cruise ship where the air is recirculated and you are constantly exposed and re-exposed until finally enough makes it into your body to cause you to get sick). Masks and goggles can prevent this type of exposure and reduce this risk however, the biggest reason masks and goggles are helpful is simply because they serve as a physical reminder and barrier to keep you from touching your eyes, nose and mouth which are the three places where viruses of all types most commonly enter your body. This particular virus is very easily spread–according to info I am seeing online it spreads as much as 6 times quicker and easier than the flu and as much as 3-4 times easier than the stomach flu–in…


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

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…older hospitals had 2 beds per room, many have gone down to one. So there may be a little room for extra surge there IF the state health department relax licensure requirements. The other thing you can expect is “Altered level of care” – so say a state requires 1 RN for every 5 patients , the state department of health could alter that to be 10 or even 20. Same for other staff. Most hospitals also have surge plans. These would be temporary sites set up like in convention centers or gyms. But everything comes down to the availability of Vents. So if 20% of the cases are critical the numbers that I have seen are anywhere from 40%-47% of those cases require a vent. Persons put on a vent stay on it for about 2 weeks. Some hospitals and states and probably the feds have surge vents that…


Coronavirus: More Thoughts on N95 Masks, by Survivormann99

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…to tell you it’s ok to re-use a contaminated cartridge because of liability concerns. Marius One of the nurses said earlier that during times of shortage they would layer up surgical masks. Your mileage may vary. Marius You’re confusing surgical masks with N95 respirators. You’re not wrong, but you mean surgical masks, not N95s. WV Joe Im a retired critical nurse. My experience has been what you might expect. Some nurses get sick by being exposed to patients AND other nurses and some don’t get sick. Despite being diligent about masks and other PPE. And also what you might expect the nurses that were younger and didn’t smoke and had healthier lifestyles do not get sick as much and recover faster. What a Shock. TJMO The longer you use/reuse a N95 mask, the more the filters will “felt up” and clog, just from humidity if nothing else. Trying to decon…


Defending Against the Smallest Enemies, by J.R.M.

…you’re in your permanent location, your PPP must include methods for isolating, controlling, and removing pathogens carried by people or objects.  This may mean a “sick room” for a person who has diarrhea (you don’t know what’s causing it), with a plan for sanitizing the living quarters afterwards.  How will you handle the waste?  How will you sanitize the bedding, clothing, and other items that won’t fit or you don’t want to put in the sterilizer?  A simple way to sanitize the room would be to use a hand-pump garden sprayer with a bleach solution.  We use these at work to sanitize floors.  It’s 20 to 30 times faster than mopping with a sanitizer.  Make sure what you’re spraying won’t eat the floor if you spray it and let it dry.  Some quaternary ammonia solutions dissolve floor wax and make it gummy.  Epoxy floors are about the best I have…


On Respirators and Viruses, by Marius

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…not getting it as far as everyone getting ready with “protective” mask. If the virus begins showing up here in America and if a person is likely to become infected by going to a restaurant or grocery store or church, then why not just stay home or at your bug out location if it’s different from your home. Isn’t that one of the reasons that we’ve been prepping for these past years? If the virus is going around and Americans are becoming sick and dying then I’m staying at my bug out location with my prepper group until it runs it’s course. Why get out among the sick and dying and hope to heaven that your mask will save your life. Common sense will tell you to separate yourself and your group from society. To plan on mingling with the sick with your marginally effective mask on your face just…


A Physician’s Perspective on COVID-19 – Part 1, by Doctor Dan, M.D.

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…to mention the COPD and cancer that cigarettes can cause. Some folks need a little pharmacologic assistance such as nicotine gum or Chantix. There is no shame in asking for some assistance in the battle to quit smoking and I would encourage you to take advantage of these medications your doctor may be able to prescribe you in this fight while you have that resource available. If you need any elective medical procedures, I would advise taking advantage of the window while facilities are opened to elective procedures. Should we see a second shutdown, this would be a most suboptimal time to be dealing with a meniscus tear in your knee crippling your ability to walk, or an infected gallbladder making you very sick. If you delay care until a second shutdown, medical resources may be scarce, elective surgeries postponed indefinitely, and should you become sick enough to warrant hospital…


Generosity in Dire Times, by Elli O.

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…the exact time. She would wait with her bridesmaids (also referred to as virgins) for his arrival. Now, let’s read the parable… Matthew 25:1-13 At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were prudent and wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any extra oil with them. 4 The wise, prudent ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ 7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’…


SurvivalBlog’s News From The American Redoubt

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…who wonder about implications to our health care system and why *you* should be concerned: A locum tenens physician who was treating known COVID-19 patients in another state has started treating patients here without being tested. Go figure… As of yesterday, one of the major hospitals in Montana has implemented new COVID-19 guidelines. What are those guidelines, you ask? Patients with severe signs/symptoms requiring admission are being placed on droplet and contact precautions (no N-95 mask) and limited to one visitor per patient. The visitor must follow isolation precautions. Only patients who are critically ill are being placed in airborne and contact precautions (N-95 mask required) and isolated in negative pressure rooms (IF such a room is available). So, we are activating stringent airborne and contact precautions only for critically ill. As we know, patients can progress from “severely ill” to “critically ill” while hospitalized, so extrapolate accordingly. Also, we…


Planning Your Escape – Part 5, by JMD

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…I’m not around. The same alarm could be attached to one end of a tripwire looped over a branch or nail so the alarm moves when the tripwire is tripped, setting it off Hygiene and sanitation are things you should also plan for. You’ll probably be getting dirty while traveling, and being dirty can lead to sores and infections. Using leaves for toilet paper may sound folksy, but it’s not something you want to do if you can avoid it. Grab the rolls of toilet paper from your hotel room and put them in a ziplock bag, and grab the little bars of soap for washing. If you can find a bottle of hand sanitizer you should grab that also. Compressed towel tablets are a good thing to carry, since they’re great for cleaning up and don’t take much room; individually wrapped pre-moistened wipes are another good option. You should…


How to Make Old Fashioned Homemade Soap (Part 1 of 3), by Grandpappy

…get sick. During hard times families with small babies quickly revert back to cloth baby diapers that require a really good cleaning before being reapplied to the baby’s bottom. 3. Dish washing: If your eating utensils are not clean then it won’t be long before you get sick from the microscopic organisms that collect and grow on your dishes. 4. Wound care and other medical situations: Even small wounds can get infected and become life threatening if they are not properly cleaned with soap at the earliest possible opportunity. 5. Disease control: Soap is extremely valuable in preventing the spread of diseases because you can wash the bed sheets, clothes, and eating utensils of the sick person, and you can also give the sick person a daily bath or cleaning to help neutralize any germs on the sick person’s body. In developed countries most people take soap for granted until…


Editors’ Prepping Progress

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…size, as well as the peppers and others seedlings. Now I’m hoping that they don’t get too root bound before I can transplant them in larger pots in the green house or in the ground. I just don’t have enough floor space in the indoor bathroom to transplant them into larger pots. The nights are still far too cold for them to be in the greenhouse. They’ll just have to hang out for another two weeks in their trays in the bedroom. After the largish earthquakes in Utah and off of the California coast this week, I got a bit worried about some jars and other loose objects that we have in cupboards on tables, cabinets, et cetera. So I began rearranging them into safer spots, once again. I did this last summer, but surfaces have the tendency of collecting more things over time. Our region is also known to…


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

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To late to make the move with title companies shut down and closings delayed… Ani This article linked here is pretty scary and demonstrates how ill-prepared we were for this. Seems that there are still many cruise ships out to sea and what to do with the passengers is a problem as many are sick. And it appears that many have just been let go to travel home via commercial airline flights even if they are sick. How to continue to spread the virus without hardly trying! And as it’s now the end of March, what on earth were people thinking who got on these ships(floating virus incubators) anyway? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/us/coronavirus-cruise-ships-zandaam.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Ani https://nypost.com/2020/03/28/rhode-island-sending-cops-national-guard-to-find-new-yorkers-seeking-coronavirus-refuge/ Rhode Island is now trying to find New Yorkers who have entered the state. Whatever you do folks, don’t use a car with NY plates! A little scary as there’s a big difference between far upstate NY and…


Editors’ Prepping Progress

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…food quality (vice safety) though potentially making things mushy although I have not had that problem. I also always take my pressure to 15 pounds initially which is where the “rocker” starts relieving steam to ensure my pressure gauge is accurate. Sort of a quick calibration check. I then lower to whatever will remain steady as long as it is equal to or above prescribed pressure. Bottom line, if something is not properly processed, feed it to the chickens. All these rules were established as people got sick from improperly processed food. Grandma may have gotten away with a lot of stuff with her canning but she also probably got sick and made her family sick a few times and people occasionally died. Not to be gross but they say safety rules are written in blood. Canning rules are written in vomit and diarrhea and occasionally on a corpse. Pocahontas…


Economics & Investing For Preppers

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…far more selective. Deaths in my state run 90% over 60 years of age and 80% comorbidities. Other states are similar. Young or even middle aged and healthy and you have virtually nothing to worry about except infecting your older, sick grandparents. To my knowledge that is not the case with seasonal flu. Yes all respiratory illnesses hit the sick and elderly harder but from my limited knowledge they are typically much more random. The Spanish Flu was certainly much more random. This seems to be a brutally effective “cull the herd” disease. Is that a bug or a feature? China has an aging population that they are beginning to struggle to take care of because of their one child policy. It makes you wonder. New York state is running numbers that are so much higher than anywhere else in the world as to stretch credibility. Yeah high density, blah,…


Letter Re: Observations on Tropical Storm Isaac

…mood to do anything but try to get through the pain.  (it really was awful) As a result of my illness, I was not able to do last minute preps.   First valuable lesson.  Do not get sick before or during a major event. Then ladies, don’t expect you husband to go to the store without a list of what to buy. Cookies and ice cream do not constitute food in a grid down situation. I asked to return with food items like soup. (Just a few cans). Did you know how many types of soup exist? Do you know how many cans of soup can fit into a car? No wonder the stores run out of food.  I can tell you, we won’t need soup for a long time. Second problem. How are we going to heat the soup? No I have an opener, I wasn’t that sick. Well, with no electricity…