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Movie Review: Contagion (2011)

Contagion  
The movie from 2011
 

This is a well done movie with some realistic outcomes.  When a lethal pandemic strikes, the government overreacts in some areas and the usual human selfish motives start appearing.  A chief medical officer  of the CDC warns his wife first and try to get out of Chicago and of course she tells others so the rumors spread.  Riots and food shortages begin and battles to get perceived cures and vaccines cause mass panic.

There are millions of casualties worldwide but in this instance a vaccine is found so a happy ending is predicted.

Reality:  We may not  be able to create a timely vaccine if something like this comes along.  What will you do if we have something equivalent to this?

Physical separation from others is the only safe answer.  To accomplish this you need a home that ideally is physically separate as well.  This means one that doesn't have the possibility of air infiltration from an adjoining home.  Food shopping is not advisable and may not even be possible so would you want to rely on MRE handouts from the government if available.  Lay aside lots of food.

At the end of the movie and at different points you get replays of the vectors that may have caused and spread the disease.

Highly recommended for survival preparation ideas since there are some plausible scenarios in this movie.

Watch the trailer  Contagion

EMP Death Totals

In an article posted at World Net Daily there is a predication that 80-90% of Americans would eventually die as a result of the systemic collapse from an EMP event. Of course it's hard to accurately predict outcomes like this in the wake of the Y2K non-event, but if you look at our dependency on electronic devices that might be vulnerable to EMP energy then you would have to say that it makes sense to take some precautions. The easiest one is to drop a few little AM/FM radios into ammo cans or some other shielded box. You might want to further insulate that with mylar bags and bubble wrap before you put them in a metal container. If you want something other than simple communications then you might add a CB radio. They're cheap. You can find all this on Amazon.com. I see Sony portable radios for $10 and CB radios for $30. Beyond that, you might think about how you have all of your wealth stored. If it is just numbers in bank accounts then yes, you could lose it all, but who knows. So it makes sense to have currency on hand including coins, precious metals, and of course the other white metal known as lead in the form of ammunition. Rimfire .22 is a safe bet since you can always plink with it and it is cheap compared to centerfire handgun or rifle ammunition.

Food is still your number one priority when it comes to EMP concerns since the availability of food may disappear the moment all unshielded electronic devices are destroyed by the pulse. Also plan to have some non-electrical means of heating your food.

Lastly, get your tinfoil hat on to protect yourself from a brain erasure in a strong EMP attack. Just kidding, as far as I know we have no risk for that. Otherwise we couldn't get into an MRI.