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US pandemic travel restrictions state by state

US pandemic travel restrictions state by state

US pandemic travel restrictions state by state Due to the pandemic overseas travel is not only unwise but in the majority of destinations popular with Americans prohibited by the location. So if you have the cash to vacation, or are relocating etc.. you may find yourself traveling in the USA. You’re not home free however! …

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How (and When) to Prepare for Another Possible Lockdown

How (and When) to Prepare for Another Possible Lockdown

How (and When) to Prepare for Another Possible Lockdown This featured article is not about whether there will be nor whether there should be another pandemic lockdown. It’s not about the politics of any said lockdown nor your personal views on where the virus came from or even how well your government reacted. It’s about how …

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What if This Lockdown Is Only the Beginning?

What if This Lockdown Is Only the Beginning?

What if This Lockdown Is Only the Beginning? Many of us are going stir crazy under the current stay at home order. Many more are experiencing financial hardships due to the lockdown and shutdown of our places of employment. Those that are working from home are struggling with dealing with the separation of work activities …

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Masks VS Respirators in any Epidemic

Masks VS Respirators in any Epidemic It’s a whole new world for most of us in North America we’ve not experienced anything like this outbreak before. Many of us are unsure of how concerned we should be about PPE outside the desperate needs of our health care workers who are dealing with the infected on …

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Is the World vulnerable to biological terrorism?

Could Highly infectious Diseases be Weaponized?

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Is the World vulnerable to biological terrorism? Planes are already an uncomfortable place to be. We are not in control of the vehicle, they tend to be crammed full making them claustrophobic locations, and we can’t control who travels with us either. Could these factors make air travel the …

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John Hopkins ran a simulation pandemic in 2018. How did we do?

John Hopkins ran a simulation pandemic. How did we do?

John Hopkins ran a simulation pandemic 2018. How did we do? John Hopkins Hospital is one of the most well known research hospitals in the United States. They created a simulation of a pandemic based upon a new factious disease they called Clade X which was classified as an influence type virus. Then they followed the …

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How Does the Flu Actually Kill People?

How Does the Flu Actually Kill People? Am I the only one who feels that there are more deaths in the last few years from the flu than during my entire childhood when medical care was not as advanced as today? I have been very lucky (knock on wood) that as an adult I have …

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Prepare for a Pandemic: Stockpile these 21 items – Updated

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Prepare for a Pandemic: Stockpile these 21 items – Updated The last few years Covid viruses have been all over the news and the concern of governments all over the world. Add the Zika virus, MRSA, Vibrio vulnificus, a variety of vaccine resistant flues and even Ebola have become dangerously infectious …

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Sheltering in Place for a Pandemic

Sheltering in Place for a Pandemic Update: The featured article was written during the ebola scare in the United States. Mercifully, the outbreak was contained and a pandemic avoided in this country. However, some other countries did not fair as well. A lot has been learned since about how the virus can be spread ie… it …

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