Dear Friends:
I've been taking Sundays as a day off from writing and editing. Today, I just wanted to write you, the subscribers, a personal note as opposed to an article.
As many of you know, I've been constantly covering the coronavirus outbreak since mid-January, when I became very concerned about what I was reading. A day off here and there is good for the mind and spirit, not just for those of us researching but for those of us reading, too. I hope that you'll take an opportunity this week to spend some time enjoying the spring flowers if they're out where you live.
If my inbox is anything to go by, many of you are very worried about where this whole thing is going. To be perfectly honest, so am I. I'm carefully observing what happens in Italy, as I feel their culture and lifestyle is more similar to ours than that of China. I also think they're being more transparent.
Focus on what you can do and control.
It's important to
be watchful but not to let yourself get overwhelmed. (Easier said than done, I know.) As I've written before (and so has Selco) focus on the things you CAN do something about. We can't control the government's response to this outbreak. We can't
control our irresponsible neighbors and coworkers. We can't persuade others to take this more seriously if they're adamantly convinced that it's "just like the flu."
But we can control our own levels of preparedness. We might not be able to go purchase a thousand dollars worth of supplies, but we can organize the supplies we already have and spend a little bit filling in the gaps. We might not be able to lock down all the people we love and go into self-quarantine with them, but we can work on being the healthiest versions of ourselves with good food and exercise. We can work on being at peace whether that means prayer, meditation, or a long walk through the forest. We can add a few things to our stockpile each week when we shop.
Just remember, we can only do what we can do. Our awareness of this crisis and the preparations we've made in the past will help us immensely in the weeks to come. This is the kind of thing we've been prepping for, but if we're honest, none of us really expected to see. I have a bit of normalcy bias myself, thinking, "Seriously? Is this actually how the SHTF is going to go down?" Hopefully, it's not and it'll just be a couple of weird months and then everything goes back to normal. But if it is, then I know that the years I've spent learning about disasters and unrest will provide me with the foundation I need to survive with my family. And you share that same foundation.
Amazon banned our book.
In other news, if you haven't already gotten your hands on a copy of Cat Ellis's book, The Wuhan Coronavirus Survival Manual, you may not be able to get a physical book anymore. Amazon banned the book last week with only a vague explanation as to why. They said that it was "misleading" but refused to provide us with any information on how it was.
Of course, I'm a conspiracy theorist at heart and this made me wonder, what the heck is in that book that they don't want people to know?
Cat was careful to stay far away from anything for which she couldn't cite a credible source. Interestingly, there are dozens of other short "coronavirus guides" on Amazon by people who don't have the same expertise as Cat and they're still able to be sold on the site. There's even one cheap knock-off the copied my introduction word-for-word that is still up despite my copyright complaint.
I have retained legal counsel to try and get the physical book re-published and we are working at putting together a PDF version you can get directly from me - it will be available in just a couple of days. We
wanted to add some updated information since a lot has happened between the time we originally published the book and now.
Pretty crazy, right?
Have a good afternoon.
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I am off to walk my daughter's dogs while she's at work this afternoon. I hope you can also get out and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine. Then I'm going to make a nice dinner for us to enjoy while we watch a movie that has nothing whatsoever to do with killer viruses. *wink*
See you tomorrow!
Daisy
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