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03/05/2020 / By Zoey Sky

Would you pay $400 for hand sanitizer? Amazon should stop price gouging amidst coronavirus panic-buying, urges US lawmaker

As of writing, there are 159 confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the U.S., and throughout the country, shoppers are hoarding items and leaving store shelves empty to stock up before the infectious disease turns into a full-blown pandemic. Even online stores like Amazon’s Marketplace are running out of stocks, with unscrupulous sellers offering hand sanitizer for exorbitant […]

03/04/2020 / By Zoey Sky

Coronavirus fears continue to spark panic buying of isopropyl alcohol and hand sanitizer across the USA

If you haven’t prepped your survival stockpile ahead of time, you’re out of luck: Mountain Falls’ 91% Isopropyl Alcohol is currently unavailable on the Amazon store. As COVID-19 continues to spread, shoppers become more desperate to get their hands on the product, which is a first aid antiseptic and topical antimicrobial. According to the product’s page […]

03/04/2020 / By Zoey Sky

Coronavirus fears cause panic-buying among shoppers in Brooklyn and Queens in New York

Preppers know that disaster will strike when you least expect it, but they’re probably just as surprised as non-preppers were at how swiftly the coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread in America. Unfortunately, not everyone had the foresight to set up preps and a survival stockpile, which was proven when shoppers flocked to several stores in Brooklyn and Queens […]

02/28/2020 / By Zoey Sky

Costco runs out of “emergency food kits” following coronavirus outbreak

People are scrambling to stock up on emergency supplies as COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the U.S. – and now, retail giant Costco has run out of “emergency food kits” amid the dreaded outbreak. (h/t to InfoWars.com) Costco Wholesale, one of the biggest suppliers of long-term storable food in the U.S., has sold out of […]

10/28/2019 / By Arsenio Toledo

Are you prepared for the next Black Death? Here’s what you can do to prepare for a pandemic

From malaria, to Ebola, or even the flu, tons of diseases break out and kill hundreds or even thousands of people every year. Any of these diseases could easily turn into an epidemic. For example, in 2017 an outbreak of the bubonic plague – the same plague that killed 60 percent of Europe in the […]

10/20/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Food safety tips: How to determine if meat from domestic and wild animals is safe to consume

Like other prepping skills, knowledge about meat safety is a crucial part of survival when SHTF. Learn how to properly prepare food and how to identify meat that is safe to consume to avoid contamination and food poisoning. Whether you’re butchering wild animals from a hunt or livestock from your homestead, you need to establish if […]

09/24/2019 / By Melissa Smith

Survival medicine: Can social distance help prevent infections when SHTF?

Naturally, people try to stay away from disease or keep distance from people who are sick. This gut reaction is called social distance. Social distance is done to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases. There are different levels of social distance as bacteria and viruses pass between people through different routes: The most effective way […]

07/31/2019 / By Mary Miller

Here’s why your bug-out bag should ALWAYS have a respirator mask

When it comes to prepping equipment, respirators should not be overlooked. While they can be potentially lifesaving when SHTF, respirators can still be useful even in your daily life. Both reusable and disposable respirators don’t cost that much, so investing in them will be well worth it in the long run. Here are a few […]

07/22/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Make sure you’re prepared for this killer when SHTF

When SHTF and society collapses, infectious diseases would make a comeback and take many lives. Preppers need to be ready for the deadly outbreaks of diarrhea, dysentery, enteric fever, malaria, and pneumonia that would spread across the U.S. during TEOTWAWKI. The collapse would shut down the laboratories that develop new therapies and the factories that […]

07/02/2019 / By Melissa Smith

Can you prepare for an Ebola outbreak?

In 2014, the Ebola outbreak occurred in West Africa where 11,000 people died. Although it was contained for a few years, it has re-emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Ebola virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever with up to a 90 percent death rate. An infected person will show symptoms within two to 21 […]

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