How do I prepare for a plague? That question has been on a lot of peoples minds over the past few years. With the recent release of the swine flu, and the past talk of the bird flu people seem to be getting a little more serious about plague survival.
Because there is more and more discussion on the topic, I thought its about time to share with everyone what I am doing to prepare for a plague.
Knowledge – the first thing to do is understand the effects that plagues have a society. And this is done by reading history books, and several of them. Through past examples we can learn the mistakes of our forefathers. What worked, what didn’t and what caused tens of thousands of people to die in a matter of months.
The next book is The Black Death: A Chronicle of the Plague by Johannes Nohl and C. H. Clarke. This is an “ok” read at best. The way that the authors jumps about in non-chronoligical order makes the book an unpleasant read. In one paragraph the discussion might be about London and the plague of 1666, and the next paragraph about Germany and the plague of 1348. Because of the way the book is written, I can not recommend it.
