(The following is designed for you to cut and paste into your social media accounts, into emails, to send to friends… as I explain below, no need for attribution, if you like it claim it as your own words, that’s fine.)
Coronavirus: Act NOW
Strait talk for a bit.
I am not a “Doomsday” person.
There is no tin-foil hat on my head. I’m not worried about the Russians invading, Zombies in the street and there is no bunker under my house (there is an old basement that could use a good cleaning, but bunker? No.)
The Coronavirus thing is out, and it’s killing people. Pretty soon it’s going to be killing people in your country, and in your state. The time for pretending is over.
The Time Is NOW To Protect Yourself & Family From Coronavirus
We all have an indeterminate amount of time to make some preparations to be isolated in our homes (which is really the best that most of us can do).
This is your opportunity to make sure you have four to six weeks worth of food for your family and pets. If you already do? Great, you are ahead of the game! If you don’t, NOW is the time.
It doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive, but you should have enough food on hand that doesn’t require fresh eggs, milk and bread to prepare.
Hopefully, it won’t hit here hard, and you will have some extra food so you don’t have to buy as much this spring.
Being forced to go to the grocery store, catching a deadly flu and infecting your family… putting yourself and your loved ones at risk… simply because you couldn’t be troubled to stock up now… that’s both selfish and silly.
The best way to not get sick is to not be exposed to the germs. The next best way is to wash your hands, A LOT, with hot soapy water… don’t eat anything without washing your hands first, ever.
Take care… act now “just in case”…
Salty’s Note:
I Know Many Of You Good Peeps Are Already Preppers…
I’m actually writing this article not for you as much as for you to share with your non-prepping friends & families. Folks, I’m worried that so many lives may be lost that don’t have to be, lives of my friends, co-workers and community members, as well as your friends, co-workers and community members.
If people just took care of a bit of business, right now, it can (probably would) save their lives.
As a historian, I’ve studied the effects of the 1918 Flu (clicky) extensively, a pandemic that killed millions. This Coronavirus has the potential to kill millions, and it’s already out there… it’s not like the recent Swine or Avian flu issues. Both of those were able to be kept bottled up, but this one’s out.
It may kill millions. It may (hopefully) won’t. Either way, having a full pantry will go a long way towards protecting one’s self and one’s family.
Feel free to share this with your friends and family… I know a lot of preppers aren’t big on sharing things like 3BY’s address, so feel free just to cut-and-paste anything you like out of the article and claim it as your own words… that’s fine by me, I’m just trying to get the information out there (we don’t make a dime on 3BY so we don’t need the “hits”.
Links on 3BY:
Facemasks vs Respirators: when to use each
Protecting Yourself From COVID
Coronavirus February 22 Update
From a month ago:
Hey Salty,
Big thumbs up!!!
Blessings,
Big Boy in MO
Wonderfu;! You said it well! You said it, right! This pandemic is nothing to play silly mind games with;. Even if someone got it and survived–THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THOSE WHO CARE FOR YOU during your illness WILL SURVIVE IT if they get it from you. Do you and your loved ones a favor. Prepare now, just in case. Consider it a good practice for other kinds of international threat worries. Just a few years ago the USA shot missiles (at nighttime, so that the public at large could see the missile propelant fires over San Diego, CA. They were making a statement to a small Asian country.. Messages demonstrated by actions mean this: If you see it, its real! Do something to avoid being a casualty (only you can do that…no one else can do it for you). The message to stockpile food means that you will not have to go to the grocery store (where maybe people are aready infected but not showing signs of illness yet)(. You can eat out of your home, should the threat intensify in your life area. Maybe the theat will bypass you, if you avoid the public at large as much as possible.