What is your COVID-19 Plan?

 A number of people have asked me what I am doing to prepare for the COVID-19 pandemic.  

• I have completed the guidance in The Ready Citizen.

• I have completed the specific pandemic preparedness tasks outlined in this short PowerPoint I created.

The main shortages I've identified and some work arounds include:

• Masks - If you can get N95 masks, great.  If not, don't sweat it.  Here are some thoughts on using KN95 masks.

• Bleach/Clorox Wipes - Go to your local pool supply store and purchase "pool shock" with the highest concentration of calcium hypochlorite they have.  This is what I picked up recently. With this powder, you can make bleach using these directions.

• Shopping strategies - My local grocery store begins restocking shelves about an hour before closing.  If you arrive then, you will often find items not on the shelves sitting in boxes on the floor in front of the shelves where they usually are displayed.  

• Food: stick to staples - non canned, non frozen.  Pasta, instant mashed potatoes, oatmeal, dried beans, instant milk, protein powder, fiber supplements, multi-vitamins.  The Ready Citizen Manual provides a lot of guidance on this.

• Bottled water: skip it.  I've yet to receive a report anywhere indicating municipal water supplies have been impacted.  Know how to purify water in the unlikely chance that happens.  The Ready Citizen Manual tells you how.