Prepping for a Pandemic: Life-Saving Supplies, Skills and Plans for Surviving an Outbreak

by Cat Ellis

Overview

An in-depth guide to prepare your family for the widespread outbreak of any deadly disease like COVID-19 or H1N1.

New viruses hop around the globe every year. In 2009–2010, it was H1N1 that infected over sixty million people around the globe. In 2014, Ebola virus had a terrifying 40% mortality rate. In 2020, COVID-19 exploded into a world-wide pandemic despite the best efforts of governments and health organizations.So, what will happen when a pathogen as easily transmitted as coronavirus and as deadly as Ebola emerges?

Prepping for a Pandemic provides all the information you need for medical self-reliance. It’s step-by-step guidance covers every important issue, including stocking food, storing water, developing contingency plans, learning first aid and nursing skills, and establishing quarantines and sick rooms.

With checklists, tips, and plans, this book outlines the necessary supplies and skills one will need to stay healthy when doctors, hospitals, and the world’s medical infrastructure become overwhelmed or unavailable during a pandemic outbreak.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612435046
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	02/10/2022
Series:	Preppers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Cat Ellis is a practicing herbalist and avid prepper. She is a homeschooling mom who teaches herbalism, aromatherapy, and food storage techniques in New England. Cat regularly blogs and podcasts on her website, HerbalPrepper.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Deadly Disease and Disaster Go Hand in Hand 1

Preface 4

Chapter 1 A Learning Moment: 2014's Deadly Ebola Outbreak 8

Chapter 2 Pandemic Preparation 101: Overview, Terminology, General Pandemic Concerns 21

Chapter 3 Threat Level I: Influenza, Tuberculosis, & Staphylococcus Aureas 46

Chapter 4 Threat Level II: Coronaviruses, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever 87

Chapter 5 Threat Level III: Terrorism / Human Error (Smallpox, Plague), the Surprise 107

Chapter 6 The Watch List: Diseases Likely to Spread Postdisaster (Measles, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, HIV) 125

Chapter 7 Pandemic Preparation 201: Actionable Steps 132

Conclusion 172

Resources 173

Index 177

Acknowledgments 186

About the Author 188

Editorial Reviews

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