PREP Preparing for flu pandemic w/ self-quarantine in mind

Broccoli

Veteran Member
-Flu spreads in waves of 3-5 months w/ 3 months in between
-Self-quarantine for 90-120 days / wave
-Govt effort to supply food and water at 10% at best
-Outside dirty, inside clean; Boy in the Bubble concept
-Shelter w/ good seal
-Clear brush and undergrowth 100 feet parameter around the house
-Heat pump forced air cooling/heat with filter to filter out virus/microbes
-Virus lives in water for days, influenza lives on hands 5 min.
-Water reservoir covered, pool, tubs and barrels, then disinfected, garden hose w/ spray nozzle, no water leaks
-Any source of standing water is a contaminate. Remove birdbaths, old tires and/or fill puddles.
-Neither bird feeders nor outside chickens (chicken feces and bodily fluids source of contamination) nor pigs
-Indoor sprouts, fluorescent lights for indoor growing plants vegetables
-Bleach for water disinfectant (10 drops/gallon) and medicinal wound care (½ sterile water ½ bleach)
-Chlorine bleach kills flu in 2-3 minutes
-Good hygiene; Wash hands thoroughly and frequently after contact from outside world
-Hand cleaners soap and/or alcohol based (MRSA (methacillin resistant staph auras) and other germs grow on a bars of soap)
-Running water for washing hands, not standing water
-Facemasks N-95 and goggles for outside
-No contact w/ people within 8 feet, viruses jumps 5+ ft
-No group meetings parties’ weddings funerals church etc
-Individual contact stay greater than 8 feet apart (NO hand shakes etc) social distancing
-Once one individual leaves and breaks quarantine, cannot return to re-infect rest of Household; must wait out period of contagiousness in isolation tent/room outside main household
-Consider for infected household members to use a room w/ outside access and isolates from rest of house (master bedroom w/ sliding door to back yard)
-Consider a sick room that is isolated from the rest of the household (plastic etc)
-Animals inside space and same consideration
-Dogs and cats immunizations kept up (any stray will be shot)
-Water repellent clothing w/ hood when outside (large garbage bags improvised as rain coat)
-Toilet bowl cleaner tablets for inside standing water (tidy-bowl etc)
-If an exchange is required drop item in spot i.e. porch and leave; then the receiver can pick up the item i.e. soup, firewood etc. (This was the practice during the 1918 influenza)
-Keep dust to minimum, dusters, wet wipes. Sneeze into elbow
-Down and or feathers have been linked to a source of a virus carrier
-Plastic over windows and doors, help insulate and keep clean
-Keep surfaces clean w/ disinfectant
-Bake items coming into house for 20 min at 325+ degrees (Microwave is best) careful on this one
-Handling mail, wear gloves and bake mail before opening it (e-mail best)
-Only burn wood that is stored under protective covering and dry, if wet -> contaminated
-Wallpaper ceiling, walls and windows w/ foil in one safe room to insulate and retain heat
-Ceiling fan clockwise to retain heat, counter clockwise to cool
-UV lighting on surfaces excellent antimicrobial (can cause skin cancer)
-No washing cars by hand
-Flies and mosquitoes out, don’t leave windows, doors open, screens are not an option
-Mosquito netting for sleep helps, door and windows still closed
-Bug Zappers are either a really good idea because they kill bugs inside or a real bad idea outside because they attract bugs
-Supply of flea infestation treatments
-Analogue phone for when power goes out
-Supply for diarrhea and/or cold remedies

-Homemade Gatorade
1 tsp Lite Salt (source of potassium)
1/3 tsp Baking Soda
10 tsp sugar in 1 qt water
OR
1 tsp salt
3 tsp sugar
1 qt water

-Food supply, 1year/person
-Freezer full of food
-Vacuum w/ bags that filter for allergens and virus
-No eating from outside gardens, only preserved food
-Vitamins
-Pressure cooker and microwave to disinfect food
-Grow inside food is best, outside root veggies only (nuke and wash)
-Turnips, clover and potatoes good crops for cold weather
-Cage animal, not range free (rabbits)
-Wash down entryways w/ bleach or cleaner
-Keep shoes outside
-Money spreads disease (usually the dirtiest item in a restaurant), debit card better
-Dishwasher/microwave sterilizes (dishwasher disinfects crocs)
-Dishcloth dirtiest item in household
-Shopping cart handles dirtiest item in public
-Magazines dirtiest item in doctor’s office
-Purse is exposed to everything, along with the morning coffee mug that follows you around at work
-Do not share pens, combs etc.
-Tarp and duct tape corpses, bury deep at home if possible
-Remove moss from roof, harbors bacteria and virus (mushrooms too)
-Streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, rivers source of contamination
-Keep outside dry, no watering lawn
-Advertising location vs. camouflage (smoke, noise, light, smells)
-Rain, Snow, Mist, and fog are also carriers for virus…(may have been a spreading factor to the plague)
-Ice 40 inches for 50-ton truck to drive on
-Mice copper wool to keep out/feral cats
-Garbage bags to wear punch holes in sides and put arm through, good for warmth and as a disposable barrier from the outdoors
-The Plague never returned to London after London’s Great Fire

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
 

Hfcomms

EN66iq
And....you better have a lot of dvd's, magazines, books and enjoy spending a lot of time at home. It will be real hard for those that have to be on the go all the time.
 

LittleJohn

Membership Revoked
Thanks for the information.

But, I have a silly question on the following suggestions:

  • Water reservoir covered, pool, tubs and barrels, then disinfected, garden hose w/ spray nozzle, no water leaks
  • Any source of standing water is a contaminate. Remove birdbaths, old tires and/or fill puddles.
  • Water repellent clothing w/ hood when outside (large garbage bags improvised as rain coat)
  • No washing cars by hand

How does the flu virus get into water systems...especially the rain or our garden hoses? Animal feces?

LittleJohn
 
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