Posted: 2/2/2011 12:31:26 PM EDT
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You can get as wordy as you want. I have just one question to ask: What would you do if a flu epidemic started to kill off large amounts of people and at the dinner table with your Family one night you started to sneeze and or show signs of whatever the symptoms are?
I'm reading "The Stand" again. Just curious. |
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Quoted: You can get as wordy as you want. I have just one question to ask: What would you do if a flu epidemic started to kill off large amounts of people and at the dinner table with your Family one night you started to sneeze and or show signs of whatever the symptoms are? I'm reading "The Stand" again. Just curious. go to work, spit,sneeze and run snot on everything i touch.   
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You can get as wordy as you want. I have just one question to ask: What would you do if a flu epidemic started to kill off large amounts of people and at the dinner table with your Family one night you started to sneeze and or show signs of whatever the symptoms are? I'm reading "The Stand" again. Just curious. I have an 18 page family prep and op plan written for that very situation |
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Someone else at the table:
*BANG* everyone else at table -> 
Me: "This chicken is delicious."
If I show symptoms, then I will pull my .45 out and set it on the table... anyone moves towards me see above. ETA: I think by the time you are showing symptoms... it's too late. It's already been spread around to others in your home. |
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Treat it like any other flu that I've had. Got plenty of meds (OTC and prescip.) and have a very smart wife (RN). She'd take it from there in regards to quarantine/isolation, treatment, etc. (if needed). If God calls me home, then so be it. Most deaths with regard to flu's are a result of poor treatment and lack of identification as to the illness and continued normal behavior of the subject to a point where its too late for recovery. Quick identification and proper treatment are key for things like this.
We already practice best behaviors and procedures for winter cold and flu bugs (and thanks to our local school, lice avoidance in our kids). ;-) Do you know what medications you are allergic to? How about all family members? Do you have the appropriate meds on hand? Do you know everyone's blood types? Are your meds inside of their expiration dates? Do you have face masks on hand? Gloves? Plastic sheeting and tape to isolate a room? Do you have the ability to run an IV? (and the training/equipment?) Do you know how to handle dehydration? (ok, this is extreme for some, but we've actually had to do this with one of our kids) Are you prepared to clean the patient's room daily? or several times a day? Do you have good puke buckets and cleaning supplies on hand? (with kids, you gotta have puke buckets handy!) Does everyone know to wash their hands often and NOT touch their hands to their face? I could continue, but you get the point. A lot of common sense and some simple preps make it easy to handle the common colds/flu's that have the ability to knock out a normal family inside of a week. (when I say knock out, I mean everyone is sick - not at school, not at work) |
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I like this thread. So you sneeze and the Family freaks. Do you walk away and tough it out tell you die or feel better or hang out and watch everyone else die. Morality vs Mortality.
RF has a place for all of us. Would you hang out in Vegas with Trashcan or Colorado with Mother? |