Category Archives: Question of the Week

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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Week 6 – Question of the Week: Should medication be rationed at TEOTWAWKI? How and why?

Week 6:  2011-04-14  Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question:  Should medication be rationed at TEOTAWKI?  How and why? You, too, are welcome to post your responses and questions below.  Check back soon and see what our … Continue reading

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Week 5 – Question of the Week: How should asthmatics prepare to survive an Armageddon event?

Week 5:  2011-04-07  Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question:    How should asthmatics prepare to survive an Armageddon event? You, too, are welcome to post your responses and questions below.  Check back soon and see what our … Continue reading

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Week 4 – Question of the Week: What are the best foods for stockpiling?

Week 4:  2011-03-31   Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question:  from a medical perspective, what are the best foods for stockpiling, and why? You, too, are welcome to post your responses and questions below.  Check back soon … Continue reading

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Week 3 – Question of the Week: Should preppers get the rabies vaccine?

Week 3:  2011-03-24  { Above image – rabid dog } Today I’m asking our professionals to weigh in on the question:  should preppers get the rabies vaccine? (see Rabies and The End of the World) You, too, are welcome to post … Continue reading

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Week 2 – Question of the Week: Which herbal medicines do you believe in?

Week 2:  2011-03-17 People ask daily regarding herbal alternatives to pharmaceutical drugs. Today I’m asking our professionals:  which herbal preparations do you believe in?  Which are bogus? Which get the job done? Post your queries, answers, and suggestions below. Check back soon … Continue reading

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Week 1 – Question of the Week: Which 3 medicines matter most?

Week 1:  2011-03-10 A reader asks: Which 3 medicines matter most?  What 3 would you choose for a desert isle (or TEOTWAWKI)? I’m inviting our professional panel to weigh in on the question. Check back soon to read their comments below. – Doc Cindy

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