Preparedness for when

Pollyjuice

Hi again,

Just flicked through that Ebola update on kindle and a lot of it IS common sense. It condenses a lot of the advice given here about being prepared. It could be used for any potential crisis they have just added the "Ebola" to take advantage of this current situation imo, but if it helps someone to start prepping then all the better.

nuatha

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

sorry if I picked the wrong word, trivial but what I meant to say in the big grand scale of things if there are floads, snowed in, war, a zombie attack its something that you wouldnt think important or even think about prepping for..

Apologies if I sounded critical of your word choice - I understand where you are coming from.
I think prepping for things that can cause serious discomfort, regardless of what else is happening (ie whether or not the the end of the world is nigh or not) is very worthwhile. I tend to prep for the smaller events, they happen more often, the fact that the same preps are useful in major scenarios is a bonus.

StanwithaPlan wrote: »

I find this really interesting, I was surprised at how quickly the pharmaceutical companies have managed to find a vaccine and can roll it out in massive numbers so quickly...OR...they have always had the vaccine and now our Governments are willing to pay top dollar to prevent an epidemic so 'ta da!' here's a vaccine :mad:

They have some survivors, this will accelerate the process of producing a successful vaccine. There has been some work on hemorrhagic fevers, but they aren't generally a major problem and haven't previously caught the public consciousness in such away that that there is likely to be real profit in this area - and the major players are all profit driven.

Now there is a major financial incentive its worth big pharma spending the resources.

CTC with a 21 day incubation period its a possible scenario, though a less likely one. We are more likely to have accidental spreads like Madrid, Dallas and New York, which are likely to be contained relatively quickly.
If you could guarantee to infect a substantial number of people then it may appeal to terrorists. However explosives are cheap and easy to obtain and get headlines. The expertise to weaponise biological agents is thankfully rare and without it I can't see it becoming an issue.

Despite having made several posts on this issue I agree with BitterAndTwisted I don't see Ebola as a major threat in the UK and really don't expect that to change. There is likely to be more problems with a public panic over the issue - though hopefully we won't see the USA panic in the UK media let alone the general population.

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Asda are selling tins of Stagg Chilli, for £1 a tin.

It's usual about £1-80 per tin.

Frugalsod

nuatha wrote: »

CTC with a 21 day incubation period its a possible scenario, though a less likely one. We are more likely to have accidental spreads like Madrid, Dallas and New York, which are likely to be contained relatively quickly.
If you could guarantee to infect a substantial number of people then it may appeal to terrorists. However explosives are cheap and easy to obtain and get headlines. The expertise to weaponise biological agents is thankfully rare and without it I can't see it becoming an issue.

Despite having made several posts on this issue I agree with BitterAndTwisted I don't see Ebola as a major threat in the UK and really don't expect that to change. There is likely to be more problems with a public panic over the issue - though hopefully we won't see the USA panic in the UK media let alone the general population.

While it might be to be used as a biological weapon by terrorists it has too many problems to be effective. It is not easily transmissible discreetly, it also takes too long before people start showing symptoms. So as a terror weapon it lacks the impact of a bombing or beheading.

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The sky is covered in very dark grey clouds here.

craigywv

Clocks go back an hour tonight peeps xxx

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Not a problem for me.

All my clocks and watches are radio controlled. :cool:

GreyQueen

Mine are GQ-controlled; one wristwatch and two small digital clock. Not exactly onerous to change those.

Trouble is, once the clocks go back, I turn into a veritable dormouse and just want to hibernate until Spring.

kacie

Went into B&M yesterday and picked up a small wind up torch to go in my glove compartment, don't have a lot of room in there for preps but that just fit in!

craigywv

Me too gq,and i might have guessed you would have a smart reply bobert