Re: Bird Flu and this newsgroup


Gunner Asch wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:01:51 -0600, Lawrence Glickman
> <Lawrence_Glickman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On 29 Nov 2005 05:49:00 -0800, "Frank White" <fwhite@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Lawrence Glickman wrote:
> >>> On 28 Nov 2005 20:17:42 -0800, "Frank White" <fwhite@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> >I find it somewhat funny that, even as we are facing a genuine
> >>> >potential disaster, a possible pandemic that might kill millions and
> >>> >disrupt society - the very sort of thing many of us have worried about
> >>> >- almost all of the posts on this newsgroup are about politics, and
> >>> >racism, and general raving lunacy. A lot of this is due to
> >>> >cross-posting trolls, of course. And speculation about what might
> >>> >happen and plans to deal with it are being discussed elsewhere, like at
> >>> >CurEvents and Flu Wiki and BirdFluDefense. But still, you'd think the
> >>> >folks here would be like kids at Christmas over the possiblity that
> >>> >survivalism is about to become THE only reasonable lifestyle...
> >>> >
> >>> >Oh well. :(
> >>> >
> >>> >FW
> >>>
> >>> What preps should I take? Buy some plastic sheeting and duct tape and
> >>> seal up my house? puh leeeze...we've been down that road before.
> >>
> >>Actually, that's one of the ideas being suggested (elsewhere, not
> >>here):
> >>If and when bird flu goes H2H, close your windows, lock your doors,
> >>and hunker down for the weeks or months needed for the worst of the
> >>pandemic to pass, not going outside at all. And what you would need
> >>to be able to do that...
> >>
> >>(Should that actually happen, I'm wondering how many people are going
> >>to burn down their houses trying to use their microwaves to sterilize
> >>their mail. I wouldn't be suprised if it was quite a few...)
> >>
> >>FW
> >
> >If people are too afraid to go to work, society as we have come to
> >know and hate it will cease to exist in short order. Machines will
> >seize up, run out of fuel, produce won't be delivered to market,
> >people will run out of things and there will be nowhere to get them.
> >And when the fuel supply runs out, no way to get them.
> >
> >I have this -large- heavy duty cabinet I'm filling up with survival
> >rations. Just because I don't list my stuff doesn't mean I've turned
> >a blind eye to things.
> >
> >Lg
>
> Indeed. If the plague hits us..we are going to see an economic speed
> bump that will make the Crash of 29, look like a rash.

The rich are already preparing...

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/co...255E664,00.html

And if those with money start to worry, it's a sure sign it's nothing
to
sneeze at.

> And we can do *** all about it..except hunker in the bunker until it
> burns out.
>
> What more is there to discuss?

A whole lot of things, actually. It is by exchanging information
that we can revise and fine tune our preparations to increase
our chances.

For instance, black elderberry extract. This herbal medicine
apparently DOES reduce your body's vulnerability to viral
infection, including cold and flu. So you want to have lots
of it on hand in the event of H2H avian Flu, right?

Maybe not. Because elderberry extract increases your body's
defenses by promoting the production of cytokines,
powerful anti-viral chemicals. And scientists studying the 1918
flu believe now that what killed the young and healthy more
than any other group was OVER-production of cytokines,
their bodies trying so desperately to fight off the virus that
it set off a cytokine storm in their lungs that destroyed their
ability to absorb enough oxygen to keep them alive. And
obviously the young and strong were able to produce cytokines
at a higher rate than those weakened by age, extreme youth,
or prior illness, So in this particular case, while elderberry
extract might reduce your chances of GETTING bird flu, if you
DO get it, the extract's effects might kill you...

Things like that.

Here's someone taking a systematic approach to preparing for
a human/avian flu, and other disasters as well. I think even
veteran survivalists could benefit from his musings.

http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Forum.SystematicPreparations

Too bad there's no one posting such things here...

FW

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