Cholera in a Collapsed Society

[Illini Warrior]

didn't see anything cholera or pandemic oriented worth tagging onto >>> new posting start for the 3rd World disease topic .....


https://prepschooldaily.blogspot.com/2021/04/cholera.html?showComment=1619622961523#c3975624626 124909372


We don't need to learn about any of this because it couldn't happen here. Right?

Yeah, most of us reading this blog happen to believe otherwise. It wouldn't take much to turn the US into another third world country. A majority of Americans now believe civil war is inevitable. With the printing presses running at warp speed, hyperinflation is also just around the corner. Garbage trucks will quit rolling when things fall apart. Medical personnel will disappear, too. Not that it will matter much when labs and pharmacies are shuttered. So what's the difference between us and Yemen? Probably just a few years is all. We'd better be ready to deal with cholera.

[Fidel MD]

Two things to know about Cholera - how to prevent it, and how to treat it.

You prevent it by keeping food and water clean. Got bleach? And treating cholera is mostly about preventing dehydration...got the stuff to make ORS?

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Oral-Rehydration-Salts-Drink-(ORS) If you have some salt substitute (Potassium Chloride) put a little in as well... Exact proportions are not necessary.

[Twitchy]

It also should be rather self limiting in a true SHTF scenario. Outside of urban areas, population density really isn't that high, so limiting the epidemic is relatively simple in the grand scheme of things. Ensure your food is cooked thoroughly and water is clean prior to consumption.

[Fidel MD]

That depends. Is your water supply secure and clean? If infected people are contaminating your water you're still at risk

[Illini Warrior]

That depends. Is your water supply secure and clean? If infected people are contaminating your water you're still at risk


you know as a Doc how filthy human beings are without being disease contaminated - the average dumbazz sheeple will be finding the nearest body of water to take a pee & a dump with a dozen more following behind for a drink of water ....

I give the general population a week before a plague of dysentery blows up after the taps go dry - the After Action Reports out of Katrina NOLA were unbelievacle in regard to the sanitary stupidity ....

[Fidel MD]

Yeah. I expect the early die-off following a disaster will be from dehydration, either just no water, or contaminated water.

For those who cannot fit 4 IBC cages in their homes for spare water, Amazon has these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08548GHMQ/?coliid=I3A5JKKKO2JJ78&colid=1KHZOBCA1736K&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Pricey, but might be life-saving.

[Twitchy]

Yeah. I expect the early die-off following a disaster will be from dehydration, either just no water, or contaminated water.

For those who cannot fit 4 IBC cages in their homes for spare water, Amazon has these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08548GHMQ/?coliid=I3A5JKKKO2JJ78&colid=1KHZOBCA1736K&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Pricey, but might be life-saving.

Storage is nice but a lot of people may be limited in capacity. I am a firm believer in redundancy, so storage, and treatment options. It would stink to bank all of your water storage in a location that may be compromised from natural or man made means and leave you high and dry boiling every gallon of water you need to survive.

[Fidel MD]

True enough

[Illini Warrior]

Storage is nice but a lot of people may be limited in capacity. I am a firm believer in redundancy, so storage, and treatment options. It would stink to bank all of your water storage in a location that may be compromised from natural or man made means and leave you high and dry boiling every gallon of water you need to survive.


even if you have stocked water you don't stop prepping - even in the midst of a SHTF >>> unless it's off the wall inconvenient or outrite dangerous you try to keep a fresh supply coming in daily .....

if there's water truck coming in >> go get your share - more is better - utilizing your water scavaging plan & tools isn't the worst idea in the world also - discovering your idea to carry 100lbs of water over tore up streets - sucks big time - is something you neeed to know ....

[Fidel MD]

Since water is quite heavy (8.3 lbs per gallon), even a 5-gallon can can be difficult for some. I'd suggest getting several different ways to carry water pre-determined and set up: Purpose-made water carriers, even clean 5-gallon buckets. A piece of wide webbing to carry two across the shoulders, even a yoke if you want. The important thing is to have clean water transport and to keep it - a secure lid in case of a stumble or whatever may be the difference between water and death.

And the maxim that people need a quart a day is just bare survival, on average. That assumes NO work is being done, no food is being digested, moderate temps. In reality a gallon or more is needed, every day.