Posted on 08/01/2014 5:35:08 PM PDT by Kartographer
Despite concerns around the globe that the Ebola virus may continue to spread and mutate into something even more deadly, the director of the CDC attempted to assuage fears about the possibility of an outbreak on U.S. soil.
“It is not a potential of Ebola spreading widely in the U.S.,” director Thomas Friedman told reporters on a conference call Thursday. “That is not in the cards.”
But while the CDC downplays the potential threat, emergency planners behind the scenes have been getting ready since as early as April of this year. In a report presented to Congress while the virus was spreading in West Africa, the Department of Defense said that it has dispatched biological detection kits to National Guard units in all 50 states with the capability of diagnosing the virus in infected patients in as little as 30 minutes.
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I expect Pool Shock would have a longer shelf life than bottles of bleach.
I think the CDC fears the virus has mutated into an airborne transmissible disease and they desperately want to study it. Or, and I hate to say it, the CDC knows the disease has mutated and they want these two people so they can collect the virus and weaponize it. I trust no one in, or directly associated with the U.S. government anymore.
The thing is, this world is in a situation that has never occurred before, what with the technology we have and depend on, the ease with which we can travel, and disease can travel as well. disease can not be spread with a speed never before imagined.
Our situation opens the possibility for scenarios which have never happened before because they COULDN'T happen without these things in place.
For anyone to deny that it could happen because it didn't in the past (because it COULDN'T have happened in the past) is foolhardy.
I'd rather be prepared and not need the stuff, than not be prepared and need it, and kick myself for not having the foresight to take a little prudent action which may or may not have been needed.
I only lose a little if I don't need it.
If I need it, I stand to lose a LOT more.
I do not want regret and remorse to be my companions for the rest of my life.
A doctor mentioned this product to me a while back. It is marketed to barbers/hairdressers but is also used in hospital settings, so I was told. Search online for “Barbicide”, it’s sold on Ebay, Amazon, etc. The right-up, below, is from ebay:
16oz Barbicide King Research Disinfectant Germicide Fungicide and Virucide
The Barbicide Disinfecting Solution, 16 fl oz is a hospital-grade, EPA approved broad-spectrum disinfectant. Keep all of your shears, brushes, implements, tweezers, and combs sanitized.
Let’s make this our weekly prepper thread.
I’ll go first.
Thanks for this thread. Nice
No quarantine station in New Orleans?
That be racis!
Re: Let’s make this our weekly prepper thread.
ACE Hardware has a good sale on canning jars:
One dozen Ball 1 quart, regular mouth canning jars on sale for $7.00
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One dozen Ball 1/2 gallon, wide mouth canning jars on sale for $10.00
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Perhaps your experience is a one-time thing, but here lately I’ve noticed that my Walmart runs completely out of items on a shelf before they will restock. I’m talking about common, everyday buys like cases of soda, bread, etc, during non-emergency events. (Here in the South, it’s expected that bread and milk empty out due to winter weather forecasts, LOL.) I’m talking about anything you might want from groceries to household supplies to toys and sporting gear. I’ve learned to keep a running list of resupplies to begin shopping when there’s still some in the house.
Formerly, I only did this with dogfood, in case of recalls. That is, buying way ahead of need, stocking up against unavailability. Now it’s for everything. I was flabbergasted the day I found their shelves - huge selection, usually - empty of Walmart brand whole wheat sliced bread. I end up buying 2 new loaves soon as I open the last one.
Just in time inventories do not work so well in abnormal times. these are abnormal times.
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Yes, the Walmart here regularly runs out of everyday items as well. The empty shelf space will usually last for weeks or months at a time. I always figured it was because of proximity to the Mexican border and the management wanted all the illegals to feel right at home. Now I have to rethink that theory.
The chatter I’ve picked up has been blaming it on low staffing due to the economy, that perhaps the stock is sitting back on the shipping dock with nobody on hand to put it on the shelves. And it doesn’t hurt Walmart if the customer has to settle for buying a name-brand version of what they need.
I won’t, tho. I’ll just keep an active list of buy-aheads going, rather than waiting till I’m out.
Since our househole is small, we have a small 4 cup coffee pot. I finally figured out that the only time our Walmart restocked the small filters was for the Christmas season.
So I just started buying a little more than a year’s supply then. Probably have other stuff that way too.
However, for everyday items, I think running out in a non emergency situation is unusual too.
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