Hello!
I hope the last lesson was eye opening for you. Have you been
getting your daily dose of Vitamin D3? I just talked with Dr. Mercola
yesterday and he reminded me about all of the other benefits of
daily sun exposure, including joint pain relief, lower blood pressure,
and more.
I’m going to be sending out a link in a couple of days to a piece
that I’m doing on why I think that many governments are overstating
the threat of the swine flu. Even so, I’ll discuss how it could STILL be a
major event that effects our lives as much as the 1918 flu affected
people then.
After talking with several experts, I’ve seen that there are multiple
factors that aren’t being addressed by governments that could end
up being the main cause of any problems that we have with the flu.
Stay tuned for more!
Also, this week’s lesson is going to be exciting! It covers a pretty
meaty topic and again, I’m going to give you a solid understanding
of chemical and biological attacks without getting too dry or technical.
By the time you’re done reading this week’s lesson, you’re going to
have a LOT more peace about this threat.
We’re also going to cover how to create a safe room in your house,
office, or car in case there is an airborne threat that you need to protect
yourself from. As we discussed earlier when we covered local threats
due to accidents, this is a very simple and practical exercise and this
also will give you confidence earned from experience rather than simple
book knowledge.
Finally, we’re going to go over one of my favorite topics…improvised
medical treatments. I am an Outdoor Emergency Care Technician
(Wilderness EMT) and one of the tenants of the training is to work with
what you’re carrying with you, not what an urban EMT might have on
their truck.
Let me know what you thought about the Pandemic Flu lesson below,
and I’ll talk with you again in a few days.
God Bless,
David Morris
SurviveInPlace.com
P.S. If you got to this page through a search engine instead of through an email, you can sign up for the 12(13) week course, including this lesson on Swine Flu Pandemics by going to
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David; Good stuff!! Have seen most of it before in various places. You’ve done a great job of putting it all together and editing so that it makes sense to those of us in the trenches. I’m now qualified to be referred to as an “old guy”(72)& will not be running around in the boonies, so I will have to survive in place. I think this stuff needs to get out there. As you say most of the population is clueless.
We live in interesting times!!!
Regards
Mac
#5 Swine Flu lesson was really Good.
Thanks
Tom
Thanks for saving me the price of Tamiflu. Will you be recommending any antibiotics to stock up on? I have lived and worked in the Third World much of my life and found Cipro to be very useful when not sure of a diagnosis. (It’s also one of few that work against Anthrax.)
Thanks for getting your message out there. It’s good to feel that I’m not a voice “in the wilderness”, because most of my friends and acquaintances just shine me on about this subject. (But they’ll probably be stumbling over each other on the way to my front door when the stuff hits the fan!)
God bless,
Tim
I agree with you on Cipro and I keep it on hand myself, but in recent years it has gone bad before I’ve used it. When I’ve had to take antibiotics in the past, I always take a high quality probiotic so that the good bacteria in my gut will get replenished.
The alternatives that I mentioned in the lesson really ARE antibiotics, even though they don’t require a prescription for you to take them. TriGuard, Elderberry, and vitamin D are powerful weapons to use in fighting infection. I stock up on TriGuard and various forms of elderberry and make sure to get my daily dose of vitamin D.
David
10-4 ~ copy that regarding novel influenza A H1N1 (swine flu). Living in the Sonoran Dersert, accumulating Vitamin D3 is effortless. Lesson Five offers doable, proactive measures in taking responsibility for personal well-being, not only for upcoming pandemic scenarios, but also for quality-of-life living. Thank you, David, for bringing sound and relevant information to the forefront. People only see what they are prepared to see. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~Melody L.
I also live in the Southwest, Stopped at Wal-Mart today and picked up some D-3. Not always able do get a good daily dose of sunshine. Great lesson. Thanks
Hi David, I really appreciate all the hard work that you have put into Survive In Place, I am a 72 year old practicing Doctor of Chiropractic and this is my 46th. year in practice. I have been back-packing and hiking for 60 years now from the time I was a Boy Scout to the present. I just came out of Cohutta Wilderness Area from a great weekend of hiking & camping just two weeks ago. I guess I am like the Engernizer Bunny , I keep on Hiking & Camping & having fun.
Keep up the great work informing people like us on how to take care of ourselves, for like the people in New Orleans, help did not come and some people years after Katrina hit still have not received any help, even today!
I have been teaching people how to get well & stay well for 46 years, some listen and most don’t.
Keep the Faith,
God Bless You & yours,
In Christ,
Roger
Hello David, thanks again for lesson 5. It’s unbelievable how many professional doctors may be hesitant prescribing “old Fashion” remedies versus the now more traditional western medicine. The information you gave on the H1N1 and on vitamin D was comprehensive and very important knowledge anyone can apply. Thank you for your work on this. Look forward the next lesson.
Rev. Miguel
David, We all need to pull together and help each other…knowing there are many of us is re-asuring. It is good to have specifics we can be doing and collecting to be safer!!!! Thank you for all you do for others as well as yourself!!
Blessings, Ruth
Even traditional doctors are getting on the Vitamin D3 bandwagon in Maine as winters are long and a lot of people come up short when a blood test is run.
I live on my farm and am 77 yrs old. I put up 15 cords of wood a year, eat fresh fruits, and vegs. Oat meal every morning. You must stay away from the french fried what ever. Drink lots of water- 2 qts for sure a day. For mental health listen to fox, wcco, good music. Try not to worry about things you can,t change. Just don,t worry.Think good things, and love the lord. Having planted 5 pear trees,50 blueberry plants, plenty of blackberrys, hazel nuts, apple trees,2 hives of bees. Lost my lovely lady to cancer in 95 and am fortunate to have 4 kids to be my family at large. SO. I don,t take shots for anything.Once in a while I get the flu and suffer for a week. I stay clear of crowds in fall and winter. Have an acre of garden. Me worry?? hell, I haven,t got time. A tough Scott.
In regards to the last post I said Dan and ment David. Sorry about that.
Dave,
I have just completed lesson 4 and am working on lesson 5 as we “speak” and am truely amazed at the information coming forth. I don’t know how you accomplished all this but it is a god send to those of us who haven’t the time or resources to do all this.
It has been a valuable resource not only for major disasters, but the everyday situations not under our control.
God bless and keep up the work.
What kind of probiotic can I buy that has a good shelf life? Your lessons are so good and we are trying to stock up on things that will help keep us health. Wish I would have read this before we got our flu shots. It will be our last. Keep up the good work.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF YOU SOAK 1/4 CUP ORGANIC BARLEY GROATS OVERNIGHT IN 1+ CUPS OF WATER; THEN DRINK THE WATER THE NEXT MORNING IT CONTAINS WELL ROUNDED TYPES OF PROBIOTICS FOR DIGESTION. IT MAY TASTE A BIT FERMENTED, BUT THE BENIFITS FAR OUTWEIGH THE TASTE. THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY A NUTRITIONIST FRIEND OF MINE AND IS WHAT SHE DOES DAILY, THE PRICE IS RIGHT.
My brother, who is a Doctor of Pharmacy, writes to me regarding OTC meds:
“Your OTC meds line Tylenol (AKA acetamiophen, or APAP, or paracetamol, or Panadol)has a shelf life of around 5 years although the manufacturer probably doesn’t put that long of a date on the container (usually around 3 years). However, the pratical shelf life is much longer–maybe indefinitely if kept in a cool, dry place.
Besides, if the product does start to lose potency, it doesn’t morph into a dangerous or harmful chemical. one would simply adjust the dose in relation to control the pain.
The same thing applies to ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) and naproxen (Aleve) and other drugs like it. With either drug, pay close attention to daily maximum doses. In the case of Tylenol, the major organ damage from excessive doses is liver and with ibuprophen and naproxen it is kidneys.
The only common drug that causes severe renal issues if it is taken after it is expired is TETRACYCLINE. It MUST be discarded if it is expired or risk severe kidney problems. I wouldn’t recommend this drug is a stockpile anyway as ther are other, more useful antibiotics.”
Hope this might be helpful.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes in last entry. ‘Line’ in first line of quote should have been ‘like’. And the second to last line of the quote ‘is’ should be ‘in’.
I also wanted to say that I went to my dentist and asked him to purchase for me one of his jars of penicillin (1000 count). He didn’t have a problem with it. I just reimbursed him. He hands out that stuff all the time for tooth aches and infection prevention.
I’ve worked and taught in medicine for the past 45 yrs. The group responding to your #5 course has been right on in most of their comments as it relates to medicines. I would just add that taking 10-12 1000mg tablets of vitamin C every day for 3-6 days at the first hint of an infection whether viral or bacterial will greatly reduce the severity and since it is a water soluble vitamin it is not stored in the body and will cause no problem.
I don’t know if many will agree with my experimentation with such things, but I’ve successfully used antibiotics intended for veterinary use purchased at feed stores. Pennicillin is about $12.00 per bottle, and in my case was useful in clearing up a dental infection when I would have had to wait 2 weeks to see a dentist or wait for 8 or 10 hours in an emergency room inhaling God-knows-what viruses from the people coughing and sneezing in there. I calculated the dosage for my own body weight and injected myself daily for five days. Worked. I cancelled the dentist appt. Have also used Fura-Zone, an antibacterial salve intended for treating wounds on horses. Worked great for some nasty cuts to my fingers on a salmon-snagging trip.
Love your course. It is the most informative and all encompassing to date. The comments your students leave are extremely important to everyone. Kudoes to all involved. This information could one day save your life or someone else’s! In any emergency situation it is important to clear your mind and control your breathing think positively and act appropriately to the situation.
Great addition to the course.
Hi David,
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This is off topic but I feel is important to share.
I live in the SF Bay area. As you well know, we are waiting for the “BIG ONE”. I have place emergency kits with three day water and 2400 calorie food bars supplies in each of my 3 young 20 somethings cars and in the cars of their boy/girlfriends.
They have asked me questions like “what if you are in the East Bay and I am in class and Rosey is at work…?” I have told them that the first thing they need to do is to STOP AND THINK. God has placed us there for a reason. They need to access their immediate situation and realize that they may be the only one mentally prepared for the situation. I told them they NEED to be a LEADER in their group and look to see the best solutions employing others strengths. I feel that if you give teens and twenties knowledge and belief in their abilities that they will have the moment of pause and thought to act on their own behalf. We do the “what-if” game on occasion which takes away the anxiety of all the “what-if scenarios”
Two of my three are listening to your audio lessons and helping me with preparations. We make it a fun adventure.
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David, THANK YOU for all you are doing. Your course has given me peace of mind which is a wonderful gift.
Mary
I have been trying to get my wife involved, but she wants to stay in denial mode. I may be gaining ground, I told her about some of the things to do to help avoid the flue, (she is a high school teacher, and we have children, ages 3,8, and 13) maybe this is the lesson that will get her leaning in the right way. I am slowing working on all the lessons.
Thank You, David
Milo H.
Please don’t recommend Cipro to people. Some can take it with no known side affects, but others are not so lucky. I still have trouble withe tendons in my leg due to cipro. It is a nedical fact that it does affect the tendons and is very painful.
I prefer natural anti-biotics like Colloidal Silver. But it or make it.
I had an absessed tooth, jaw swollen ans I used the silver, holding it in my mouth for 7 minutes. I did this several times and the next dat the infection was gone. I use Vit C also for colds or virus. These you can keep for awhile
This in answer to Melba Collett on Probotics. Most have to be refrigerated, but I found Flora Source that doesn’t. It works for me and my Daughter.(has a year shelf life ) or more
Keep up the good work David and God Bless your readers as well. I am amazed with the amount of preppers being in their 70s! I shouldn’t be surprised we have alot to learn from you/them!
David my interest has been piqued about colloidal silver as mentioned by a few of your readers comments. What is it, where can I get it, and how do I/we use it!!!
Another tool to add to our arsenal of weapons, PRAYER! God works through his believers to make impossible things happen!
Be blessed,
Wendy
Lesson five = I am actually going through it the second time – following up and researching all you have done … incredible – so much to absorb yet in the right tone that I can digest it slowly and make sure I do my part to get all the material really clear for my application. Thanks too for all you are doing.
Hello Dave,
I could not find a link in the note on Lesson 6 preview. Can you send one or tell me where to look.
Thanks,
George