“Don’t panic the masses” is the goal of government health officials. In 2014 it was Ebola. The latest life threatening virus outbreak in 2020 is the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that started in Wuhan, China. The respiratory infection quickly spreading across China and around the globe including the United States. Like the Ebola outbreak in 2014, health […]
Some people don’t realize that having the supplies to survive a pandemic is different from the ones that you need to survive a SHTF crisis that doesn’t involve illness. For example, you know that you should have at least a gallon of water per day on hand for each person in your house. However, when […]
Hand sanitizers, medical masks and thermometers are some of the products flying off the shelf as people stock up in reaction to a worsening outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. You might have to brave long lines and empty shelves looking for these items that you should already have in your […]
In case of an influenza outbreak, Avian Influenza or Bird Flu, TB, SARS, Ebola and Small Pox or something like novel coronavirus, one important piece of personal protection might also seem like the least obvious: a proper respirator. One of the most affordable types of general-purpose respirator masks is known by its National Institute for […]
During a disease outbreak, you may need to quarantine your family to keep disease from entering into your home. The CDC now calls this “containment” instead of quarantine. Whatever term used, the idea is to isolate sick people or isolate yourself from the sick. You may also encounter a situation where you have a sick […]
The best way to protect what you have is to not let anyone know that you have it. If everyone in your area knows that your home has medicine and supplies, they’re going to make a run on it. Be quiet about what you have. No one outside your home should know what’s in there. […]
The electric washing machine and dryer are time and labor saving devices, but they’ve only been around for the masses for about 60 years. For thousands of years before that people had to do their laundry by hand. If you’re ever in a survival situation and don’t have the electricity or other resources needed to […]
There’s a lot in the news lately about viruses like Coronavirus, Ebola or Zika. Those awful, deadly diseases that always seemed so far off that it was no real threat. In fact, officials said they were “confident” that Ebola would not hit U.S. soil. Then when it did, they were “confident” that they had means […]
It’s no longer a “maybe” now – virus outbreaks have been all over the news in recent years. There was Swine Flu, Bird Flu, Zika, Ebola, SARS, MERS, and now Covid-19. Originating in Wuhan, China, coronavirus spread quickly across the globe and was recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 […]
In the areas where Coronavirus, Ebola or Zika is the most active, there are several organizations keeping an eye on the virus, ready to report any big changes. The latest life threatening virus outbreak in 2020 is the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The respiratory infection, which is closely related to SARS and MERS, spread across China […]
