What Would You Do? – Day Three: Things Get Worse
I was surprised to read more people than I imagined would still go to work while an infection spread, but putting myself in the same situation, I’d probably be at work myself unless my daughter was too sick for daycare. I write this having undergone the sickest year of my existence so maybe my thoughts would be a little different a year from now or a year ago. But the interesting thing … even at the end of days, I’d still be concerned about my sick time off work. Of course, one doesn’t know it’s the end of days otherwise things would play out much different.
I must say that I did enjoy America’s 1stSgt’s response to the question:
’m in the Marine Corps so of course I’d go to work. That’s where all the guns, MREs, free medical care, and cool zombie crushing vehicles are (not that there are zombies walking around yet).
That’s got my own workplace beat although we do have Ditka, so that’s gotta count for something.
Day Three … Your (husband/wife/mother/father) grows worse, experiencing chest pains while showing the telltale lesions. You spend the morning taking care of him or her and notice by lunchtime that your boss has not called. The news reports overflow crowds at the grocery stores. Hospitals are filled to capacity. And staring out your window, you see your neighbor just standing in his driveway staring into the sky. Your loved one thinks you should take him or her to the hospital. The kitchen is looking empty. You wonder if this is the start of an epidemic. Should you go to work? Should you go to the hospital or even the grocery store?
What do you do?
Remember: You must answer this honestly. You must close your eyes and put yourself in the imagined situation and tell me what YOU would do. Not what you would want to do or what Max Brooks advises you to do.
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I’d probably arm myself with something, even if it was just a perry knife-I’d still feel safer, people can get crazy in these situations, e.g. Black Friday or even snow forecasts. Then I’d completely avoid the neighbor, since he seems to be a tad bit insane. I don’t think I’d go to the grocery store, though I may go to a convenience store for some essentials.
Man oh man, this is a great begining, Kill my wife? Damn, well first off I’m not going to work. like I said if we’re short staffed at my job EVER I need to be concerned. Side note by the time I see lesions I’m going to say my goodbye. Lesions are never a good sign and if thats what people are flooding the hospitals with and people are dying from it I’m not taking that chance. Like I said in day 2, odds are I’ve already high-tailed it outta town. And as for my neighbour thats acting like a weirdo, I’m not helping him either. I would also be going online (via mobile device) to see what other people are saying (not the media or gouvernment) too often you gotta hear the truth from someone who was there and its never like the news puts it. Thank you youtube, facebook, ect… If a Z outbreak ever happens these are the outlets where you’ll hear it first. I’m keeping my ear to those things and the radio as I leave the area.
Good thing in my house is I always have food. Even if it’s Ramen noodles. Work, my wife put it best.. “F**K WORK! It’s an epidemic, who gives a F**K about the job.”
We already have A bugout bag and weapons so the healthy one would be doing double duty taking care of the sick one ( hoping it’s just a bad case of acne with the flu) and getting things together.
going to the store or leaving the area forget about it. I been in hurricane jammed roads,stores have another name deathtraps. The authorities are doing what their paid to do protect the rich from the rabble. This rabble does not have “go to a fancy bunker card”. i am shit. I got tuna,water. I a flimsy locked door. i a pityful popgun. I got shit. it is a matter of time i’m roadkill.
In todays world you get news much quicker if this was a large scale out break you would know by now. The wife is sick leave her I go to work, being in the marines and motor transport get my self a 7 ton and a 240G and flee the city.
my husband and I have food storage to last months and a bug out bag and a quiet cabin up north. In the case of a real epidemic both my hubby and I wouldn’t be allowed to work anyway if we said we were sick as, I work with special needs kids all with different health difficulties and he works with food. we also have lot’s of guns<3 we'd be long gone by now any who.yessssss
Umm, there are no zombies in this scenario so I think everyone is executing their bug out plan a little early. Jenna’s cabin plan is actually the most sound considering this is still a pandemic scenario.
Cpl Short, why in the world would you steal a 7 ton and a 240G when you could be on a secured base surrounded by armed Marines?
I would call the hospital. Assuming its as crowded as you’ve said, I would probably not get through. My mom is a nurse, and she would be next on my call list. Assuming she didn’t pick up (she rarely does in the best of times) I would start cruising the internet, trying to find the best way to care for my sick family member.
As far as the neighbor, I’d open my window and ask if he was ok. If he started moaning and chomping his teeth or something, I’d probably lock my husband in our bedroom. I’d still take care of him, though. I’d just lock the door every time I left. I’d walk him to and from the bathroom myself, and deal with the backlash from the kids when they couldn’t play with daddy. Does my sig other have any idea HOW he caught this illness?
what can a nurse do in this situation. nothing
why waste time in the internet. the systems down or just full of chatter. it is chaos.
why endanger yourself or children by keeping an infected in the house. How stupid walking an infected to the restroom. what makes you think you can control him. what makes you think when he turns he will not break out and take a chomp out your kids. very stupid.
OK, I’m really concerned but not at work, staying home and taking care of my Lady is my priority. We are just baffled as to how she got infected as we both refused the H1N1 shot… we all know that’s how they plan to get rid of us…. But we are armed and now heading to sporting goods store first to grab the rest of the ammo that they have, then we go to grocery store and buy what they have left, as we are armed, we can pretty much defend what we have and look for other modes of safer transpo to get to our meet up place. We have this all planned out with our closest friends, no matter what the threat is… as for my neighbor, we chalk it up to his regular dementia… if he shows signs of Zombage, we might have to subdue/dispatch him… “sorry Phillip”
I’ve got to agree with the good Sergeant, everyone is going to uproot their lives in seconds at the first sign of an outbreak? I take it that you must all do this pretty regularly, with Swine flu, SARs, and whatnot. In my case, I put humanity over survival. I’d go see my neighbor. He’s a kindly old man and a friend. If he looks bad, I’d have him get in my car. I keep an e-tool in the passenger seat and my knife underneath (just in general). I’d go try to get him to the hospital, then find an emptyish gas station to fill up my car and a five gallon jug. I doubt that any grocery store will be empty enough to go through easily, but I’ll run to a pet store and stock up on cat food. I’ve still got three survival kits at home, so I’m okay food wise.
well if the kitchen was empty i’d go to the store to pick up some food armed with something like a butcher knife, then i would keep my mom home and try to keep her calm there