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Photo Quiz Answer – Q.001

Photo Quiz Answer – Q.001 – June 10, 2011 Cutaneous anthrax due to Bacillus anthracis. Most cases of cutaneous anthrax are caused by contamination of an open wound, often with bacteria present on wool, leather, or hair from infected animals, … Continue reading

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Week 12 – Question of the Week: How can we best serve our country in preparing for an Armageddon event?

Week 12: 2011-05-26 With Memorial Day approaching, today I’m asking all readers to consider this question: How can we best serve our country in preparing for an Armageddon event? I know several readers and contributors are serving or have served in … Continue reading

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Week 11 – Question of the Week: What lab procedures are you preparing to provide at TEOTWAWKI?

Week 11: 2011-05-19 Today I’m asking our professionals to consider this question: What lab procedures are you preparing to provide at TEOTWAWKI? Anyone else with opinions, questions, or concerns is invited to reply as well in the box below. Check back soon … Continue reading

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Week 10 – Question of the Week: What steps have you taken to establish structured medical care?

Week 10:  2011-05-12 Today I’m asking all our readers to respond to this question: What steps have you taken to establish structured medical care for an end-of-life-as-we-know-it scenario?  Will you simply be on your own amidst the chaos, or have you networked … Continue reading

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Cholera – Lessons from Haiti

Haiti had not experienced a cholera epidemic in over a century. The January 2010 earthquake changed that. In the wake of the destruction and misery, cholera paid a visit.  By October 2010 an epidemic had been identified.  By six weeks later 91,770 cases … Continue reading

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Medical-prepper links

One of our contributing professionals asked about placing my research on a hotmail sky drive.  Perhaps in the future I’ll find time to add this feature, but in the meantime he has offered to share his own extensive prepper research … Continue reading

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Sex and TEOTWAWKI

What do cockroaches and chlamydia have in common? Both are likely to survive the end of the world as we know it. So will syphilis, gonorrhea, herpes, HIV, and human papilloma virus – all our old friends.  For a free, … Continue reading

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Week 8 – Question of the Week: What diseases will surface when society is disrupted?

Week 8:  2011-04-28  Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on a question posed by Dan, one of our readers and contributors:    What diseases would likely show up with a disruption of life as we know it?  Haiti saw a marked … Continue reading

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Week 7 – Question of the Week: What critical care may be accomplished at home?

Week 7 – 2011-04-21 Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question:  What critical care may be accomplished at home? We have a number of ICU nurses, EMTs, and physicians on board, whose opinions should be quite interesting. … Continue reading

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Watch Dogs and Precious Pooches – don’t forget about Snoopy

Dwight, one of our veterinary colleagues, sent me a pamphlet on the military working dog that includes a list of references animal-lovers may want to add to their survival bookshelf.  Anyone with working dogs, watch dogs, or beloved pets will … Continue reading

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