DHS Advises Americans To Store Two Weeks Of Food, Water For Coronavirus Prep

Breitbart ^ | 2-26-2020 | Bob Price

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers tips for planning for a possible pandemic in relation to the Coronavirus on a preparedness website.

Ready.gov now contains a topic titled, “Human Coronavirus — Know the facts about Coronavirus. Public health is everyone’s responsibility.” That website redirects to recommendations for how to prepare for a possible pandemic. DHS recommends storing a two-week supply of water and food. Officials also urge Americans to make sure they have all needed prescription medications filled for that time period.

Specifically, DHS recommends:

Before a Pandemic

•Store a two week supply of water and food.
•Periodically check your regular prescription drugs to ensure a continuous supply in your home.
•Have any nonprescription drugs and other health supplies on hand, including pain relievers, stomach remedies, cough and cold medicines, fluids with electrolytes, and vitamins.
•Get copies and maintain electronic versions of health records from doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and other sources and store them, for personal reference. Get help accessing electronic health records.
•Talk with family members and loved ones about how they would be cared for if they got sick, or what will be needed to care for them in your home.

If a pandemic should break out in the United States, officials urge the public to take steps to limit the spread of the germs to prevent infection. Tips include staying away from those who might be sick, frequent hand washing, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with your fingers.

DHS recommends:

During a Pandemic

Limit the Spread of Germs and Prevent Infection (emphasis below copied from website, not added by writer)
•Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
•When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.

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[heshtesh]

Should have my cow back from the processor in 5 days.

[Conserv]

Double YAWN, little MARY.

[Vendome]

Two weeks?

LOL

[jstolzen]

I think the people poo-poo'ing this are thinking that the "leading Harvard expert" might be full of it.

That's fine, but you can't ignore the fact this thing is far more contagious than the flu, and spreads like wildfire in any situation that's not 100% locked down.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there is no way for us to stop this with essentially no border and millions of people a day traveling internationally. It WILL hit us here - probably hard. And the thing that makes it even harder to stop is that it can be passed when the carrier is asymptomatic. WAY harder than the flu..and it has a much higher "R" factor (number of secondary people infected per carrier) than the flu.

Face it..this is pretty serious, regardless of whether you believe any of the so-called experts. It's just basic common sense from what we've seen of this virus to-date. And the mortality rate is CONSERVATIVELY 20X+ that of the flu - and that's if you believe China (I don't) that it's only ~2% mortality. It's likely far, far more than that.

[Bommer]

Why are we being herded like this?

Its the only thing the democraps have left to destroy Trump with. “Supposedly” according to Bagpipe Barr, March is the month the Durham indictments are supposed to drop. But then again he never said what year.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

So the zombie apocolypse is starting.

[Yogafist]

Seriously, Gary Larsen is missing a great opportunity here.

[lastchance]

I am beginning to believe many higher ups want a panic. Telling people to stock up for two weeks worth of food, water, and medicines will result in a run on those items. Leading to shortages. Then what?

[Huskrrrr]

I have prepped for a Bay Area earthquake. Much more likely, imho.

[heshtesh]

One nice thing about living in a small town is we produce our own electricity from the river running thru town and we have water springs all over the area.

[sauropod]

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[WWG1WWA]

I’m thinking that this is being weaponized to crash Trump’s stock market. #DeepState

[Shady]

Simple, to get rid of Donald Trump.

[StolarStorm]

AHHHHHHHHH. Why do I keep seeing this “argument”??? COVID has not spread yet. You can’t make any comparisons until it is as widespread as regular flu. A 3 year old could understand this...

[DouglasKC]

Are they predicting a loss of power and water? That would be extreme unless the govt knows mu h much more than it is telling.

No, a quarantine in place. Don't leave your house situation.

[crz]

And they wonder WTF would happen when a real disaster happens?

This is proof that some will run around like chickens with their heads chopped off.

I am more interested in how this shit started in China.

BTW, the President talked about the numbers actually going down in China at his presser this afternoon.

[unixfox]

Funny they don’t mention the need to stock up on ammo.

And booze of course.

[SanchoP]

Now that’s funny. At the end of one week most major metropolitan areas would be burned to the ground.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

•Store a two week supply of water and food.

Oh brother - why, will the water supply also succumb to the dreaded coronavirus?

This is all nonsense - so far, the flu has killed far more people this year than this new disease. It's just something new for neurotics to get worked up about, and it's giving Democrats some wet dreams about tanking the economy and handing the election to Bernie Sanders.

[heshtesh]

Funny they don’t mention the need to stock up on ammo.
And booze of course.

In my world that’s a given.