Pandemic results in worldwide tragedy? I believe I've already seen this before... So how exactly does Doomsday Preppers take it on?
1. Preparing for the crisis
An intriguing part regarding this devastating scenario is it has already happened several times before in human history. By far the most disastrous example in modern-day history is the Spanish flu, that destroyed an estimated 3% of the world population and affected about 30%. The Spanish flu came on the heels of WWI, with soldiers returning home from the battlefields of Europe. However, with the level of worldwide travel taking place currently, everyone is travelling throughout the world constantly in all directions.
2. Where's the food resource when bugging in?
One thing about pandemics is that the nearer a person is to a population, the higher the possibility is. The camera angles made it tough to determine if Donna was in a suburban or non-urban location, but she was surely not in a city. Without human contact, virus prevention isn't as required. The suggestion at the end of the show was to seek for a bug out location. Donna adamantly refused, since this might make what I think to be sufficient plastic to protect the state of Utah unnecessary.
She is the first prepper displayed on the show with no consideration of food whatsoever. With the necessity to step out in open public, putting on the haz-mat suits Donna has well prepared is important. Suppose she focused on setting up a food supply? It is much easier to guard a household, where people coming and leaving could be managed, than to head outdoors, where many things can happen. For somebody that concerned about a virus, it seems to be a fairly large oversight.
3. Viruses or Bacteria?
Throughout the segment, Donna is shown cleaning windows, surfaces and liberally using hand sanitizer to herself and every person near her. Though I have my doubts on what could have been edited to make her look compelling, there is a difficulty with that method.
Influenza and most of the deadly diseases that pass on via the populations are viruses. Disinfecting floors and making use of antibacterial solutions are aimed towards bacteria. These are essentially different kinds of microorganisms. Additionally, constant exposure to antibiotics can reduce the body's capacity to cope with regular bacteria, making infections more prone. Children especially can face immune problems from too much antibiotic use at a young age.
4. Super bacteria and the threat
Additionally, indiscriminate usage of antibacterials has caused the increase of resistant superbugs. The present appearance of MRSA staph has been created due to this. When medications are used moderately, only the weakest bacteria is killed off. The bacteria that survives is the strongest, most resistant bacteria. Several antibiotics can be used, however the process can be repeated, making strains that are extremely hard to use antibiotics against.
The world health organization has acknowledged this as a substantial potential problem and has been described the end of modern-day medication. This is material for one more blog post however for the time being, what is important to know is that less can be more with anti-biotics.
1. Preparing for the crisis
An intriguing part regarding this devastating scenario is it has already happened several times before in human history. By far the most disastrous example in modern-day history is the Spanish flu, that destroyed an estimated 3% of the world population and affected about 30%. The Spanish flu came on the heels of WWI, with soldiers returning home from the battlefields of Europe. However, with the level of worldwide travel taking place currently, everyone is travelling throughout the world constantly in all directions.
2. Where's the food resource when bugging in?
One thing about pandemics is that the nearer a person is to a population, the higher the possibility is. The camera angles made it tough to determine if Donna was in a suburban or non-urban location, but she was surely not in a city. Without human contact, virus prevention isn't as required. The suggestion at the end of the show was to seek for a bug out location. Donna adamantly refused, since this might make what I think to be sufficient plastic to protect the state of Utah unnecessary.
She is the first prepper displayed on the show with no consideration of food whatsoever. With the necessity to step out in open public, putting on the haz-mat suits Donna has well prepared is important. Suppose she focused on setting up a food supply? It is much easier to guard a household, where people coming and leaving could be managed, than to head outdoors, where many things can happen. For somebody that concerned about a virus, it seems to be a fairly large oversight.
3. Viruses or Bacteria?
Throughout the segment, Donna is shown cleaning windows, surfaces and liberally using hand sanitizer to herself and every person near her. Though I have my doubts on what could have been edited to make her look compelling, there is a difficulty with that method.
Influenza and most of the deadly diseases that pass on via the populations are viruses. Disinfecting floors and making use of antibacterial solutions are aimed towards bacteria. These are essentially different kinds of microorganisms. Additionally, constant exposure to antibiotics can reduce the body's capacity to cope with regular bacteria, making infections more prone. Children especially can face immune problems from too much antibiotic use at a young age.
4. Super bacteria and the threat
Additionally, indiscriminate usage of antibacterials has caused the increase of resistant superbugs. The present appearance of MRSA staph has been created due to this. When medications are used moderately, only the weakest bacteria is killed off. The bacteria that survives is the strongest, most resistant bacteria. Several antibiotics can be used, however the process can be repeated, making strains that are extremely hard to use antibiotics against.
The world health organization has acknowledged this as a substantial potential problem and has been described the end of modern-day medication. This is material for one more blog post however for the time being, what is important to know is that less can be more with anti-biotics.
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Thank you so much for reading! Terrance Franklin writes about survival and nutrition on a variety of sites on the web. For more information on doomsday preppers, be sure to check out doomsday preppers. And for even deeper reading, follow the link at doomsday preppers
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