fluwiki: What to Prep if you have 24 Hours

fluwiki ^ | April 2009 | If You Only Have 24 Hours To Prepare for H5N1 Quarantine

[Jenny Hatch]

Note to Fluwikians: Remember, this “If You Only Have 24 Hours” list is different from a “How Do I Start To Prep” list. Both are directed at people who haven’t started prepping yet, but the former is for dire straits once the pandemic becomes “official” or there is an otherwise obvious escalated emergency pandemic situation.

The latter is simply for the calm before the storm, like right now, while we all still have (forseeable) time to prep.

This list is for individuals who have failed to stockpile goods and supplies for the event of an avian flu pandemic. It assumes that there has been some official or obvious sign given that a state of pandemic has been reached and that the best hope for protection will be self-quarantine. It has been said that a virus at this stage will be able to pass to any point on the globe within 18 hours. YOU NEED TO STOCK UP NOW.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I agree that sunlight is best, but with serious influenza the clock is ticking. 48 hours is likely too long to wait.

However, there are likewise some other strategies, unproven, that also might help. For example, typically flu reproduces in the upper RT and sinuses (importantly, H5N1 reproduces in other internal organs as well, which is one of its more frightening elements.)

The standard upper RT treatment is gargling with warm, salted water, to which I would add in this case using saline nasal spray. It performs several different functions, clearing excess mucous that provides a growth medium, desiccating pathogens, increasing circulation, etc.

As I mentioned with Cold-Eeze lozenges, zinc inhibits viral reproduction, but it may not be unique in this, as colloidal silver is also known to do this.

Cranberry juice in quantity has been shown to inhibit virus to cell adhesion for several different viruses that cause urinary and gastrointestinal tract infections, especially reoviruses or rotaviruses. But it is unknown if it could perform the same function for influenza viruses.

Similar effects for narovirus also known as Norwalk virus, from drinking blueberry juice, and pomegranate juice is also regarded as a potentially potent antiviral.