More on Bird Flu
From CNN.com.
I ponder situations like this a lot. How much concern is appropriate? I've decided to get prepared, and I suppose I'll look like a nutty survivalist if nothing happens. But to paraphrase my dad on the subject of insurance: the best case scenario is that you waste your money. That is, of the two relevant scenarios ((i) I prepare and there's no epidemic and (ii) I prepare and there is an epidemic), I vastly prefer the former.
From CNN.com.
I ponder situations like this a lot. How much concern is appropriate? I've decided to get prepared, and I suppose I'll look like a nutty survivalist if nothing happens. But to paraphrase my dad on the subject of insurance: the best case scenario is that you waste your money. That is, of the two relevant scenarios ((i) I prepare and there's no epidemic and (ii) I prepare and there is an epidemic), I vastly prefer the former.
posted by Winston Smith at
3:41 PM
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I'm thinking that, since the greatest threat is being in public places during an epidemic, that what you'd need is lots of stockpiled food so you wouldn't HAVE to leave your house.
Thanks for the link, Tony D.--I'll check it out.
THere's also good stuff on the flu wiki.
Azael--
According to some folks in the know, a serious flu epidemic could mean that food would, in fact, become scarce, and that water and electricity might only be available (in, presumably, a worst-case scenario) one day in three.
The goal, I think, is to put yourself in a position such that you are not part of the problem (i.e. you are not a person without food and water, who others must take care of), but, ideally, could be part of the solution (i.e., you could help others in case food and water become hard to come by).
I remember when I died from SARS. That sucked.
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