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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

The 'normal' flu kills thousands of people every year. I'm doing the same 
thing I always do...try to stay healthy so my body can fight off infections. 
We  live pretty close to nature and dirt and have well-challenged immune 
systems. We rarely get sick.  I've grown a lot of garlic again this 
year...it's my new wonder drug to fight off just about anything. It's one of 
the most powerful natural anti-virals. I even give it to the dog.

I've always got a good stockpile of food, incase I decide I'd rather not 
shop (for whatever reason).  My income is pretty secure (as pathetic as it 
is), so I won't be any worse off financially.  I'm hoping the schools shut 
down if it becomes a potential problem here (for once it's good to live in a 
'forgotten' area....we'll get lots of warning of it coming this way).My 
mother just ended up in the hospital again (chest pain), and I AM paranoid 
about hospitals (c. diff is running through ours). I scrub well after being 
there, and double up my garlic.

I do think if a lot of people get sick, it will wreck havoc on the country. 
Our financial system, unemployment, health care, are all weak, and adding a 
lot of strain will bring it all down. I hope the powers that be have a plan. 
Personally I'll sit snug until it's over.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: "Homestead List" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Swine flu


> As CNN announces that the military is planning and poised to react in an
> H1N1 outbreak, and with cases in Britain doubling by the week, and with
> growing numbers of people sick in the this country, what are y'all doing
> to prepare for the Swine flu, and how long will you be able to
> financially survive a lock down, martial law type environment if you
> can't work?
>
> Personally, I'd be in trouble. I'd bet I wouldn't be alone because the
> economy has eaten up savings accounts and there are millions without an
> income.  Could the flu be the straw that breaks the economic camel's back?
>
> From what I understand, this virus is really hitting hard on the
> younger populations, those under 25 especially.  I could never forgive
> myself if I got the virus and transmitted it to my granddaughter,
> daughter, or son.
>
> Just wondering if anyone is thinking about it...
>
>
> --
> "Never expect magic from no where"  Baringo (Kenyan) working motto
> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
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