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This sounds obvious but after reading about disease and the pharmaceutical industry, healthy living prevents and stops diseases. Many diseases flourish in 3rd world countries due to lack of clean drinking water, poor nutrition and poor sanitation.
Take good care of yourself and you'll be well equipped to fight a virus. Joe Rogan said he caught the coof after being on the road and doing some heavy drinking. Get plenty of sleep. Layoff the booze and caffeine. Drink plenty of water. Take supplements that support your general health (magnesium, zinc, vitamin D, etc.) Eat healthy food especially leafy greens and avoid sugar and fast carbs. Get some exercise and sunlight when you can.
The common cold is a viral infection. COVID was an engineered and released virus (unless you think it came from a wet market). Yet 99% of people with a decent immune system didn't die from it. Unless psychopaths are engineering a "super bug," having a robust immune system is a good prevention.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Good health will increase your resilience regardless of the disease. Smallpox wasn’t the Black Plague. Many people never got it. Many people overcame it without treatment. Why? How much of what we ‘know’ about smallpox is fake?
Since waking up my focus has been on prevention. Making myself the strongest person I can be, in every aspect.
It’s good for us to know treatments, but this fren’s comment is probably the best advice in here.
I have a brother and a mentor who both managed their respective diseases with a change in diet (essentially avoiding everything processed). My brother has RA in his 30’s, nothing to scoff at.
Lets hope the power grid doesnt go off and stops pumping water to our house while this happens, if they end up getting away with it it will be bad.
Get water storage going now. We have about 25 gallons in 2liter soda bottles stored away & picked up bleach as well to sanitize if needed.
Water, Bleach: https://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/bleach-water-ratio-for-drinking-water/ One old ‘saying’ – a way to remember for small quantities:
“You must be 21 to drink” 2 drops bleach per 1 quart water
Mix the following amount of bleach with water, and wait 30 minutes for it to work. The water should have just a ‘hint’ of chlorine smell.
Water – Bleach Ratio For Purification (Bleach containing 5.25% Sodium Hypochlorite) numbers are ’rounded’ This will initially produce ~ 5 ppm chlorine 1 Quart water, 2 drops bleach 1 Gallon water, 8 drops bleach 5 Gallons water, 1/2 teaspoon bleach 10 Gallons water, 3/4 teaspoon bleach 50 Gallons water, 4 teaspoons bleach
Water – Bleach Ratio For Purification (Bleach containing 8.25% Sodium Hypochlorite) numbers are ’rounded’ This will initially produce ~ 5 ppm chlorine 1 Quart water, 1 drop bleach (1.3 rounded) 1 Gallon water, 5 drops bleach 5 Gallons water, 1/4 teaspoon bleach 10 Gallons water, 1/2 teaspoon bleach 50 Gallons water, 2-1/2 teaspoons bleach
Water, Boil: https://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-skills/how-long-to-boil-drinking-water/ Time To Boil Drinking Water Boiling is the most certain way of killing all microorganisms. According to the Wilderness Medical Society: Water temperatures at 160°F (70°C) kill all pathogens within 30 minutes. 185°F (85°C) will kill all pathogens within a few minutes. Water that has reached a rolling boil will have killed all pathogens. So in the time it takes for water to reach the boiling point all pathogens will be killed. The moment your drinking water reaches a rolling boil, the water has already become safe to drink.
We have lots of water as well as a straw purifier for our local lakes. We have local game in case our stocked food runs out. Great to know about the bleach combo, thx!
You are welcome.
We have a well, cistern and generator. Worst comes to worst, guess we'lll have to use a hand crank. Family and friends thought we were crazy for moving to the middle of nowhere. Over the past two years, some have realized why.
We considered a generator but so much of it needs electricity ex. to pump gas to your house etc. I didnt realize there was a hand crank possibility. And smart on you guys for moving to rural America!