A house fit for a pandemic

[eeeyoresmiles]

I would be interested to know what others have done or are planning to do to get their home ready for dealing with a local outbreak of coronavirus.

Not what you've bought - more how you've organised it, how you'll deal with possibly having to keep one family member in isolation, and so on. Eg:

• Make sure important things like meds aren't all stored in a room that might suddenly have to be turned into an isolation room.

• Have a small stash of hand gel, tissues, and antiseptic wipes (and a bin) somewhere in every room not just somewhere central?

• Wipes near the front door so phones can get cleaned as soon as adults walk in (which also gives their hands a first go, in case they forget to wash them).

• Work out who will have what bedding if someone has to be kept isolated.

• Oh fuck [I'm sick] rucksack(s) somewhere central and easy to pick up, with the basics in for a trip to hospital or isolation, as discussed elsewhere.

• Get fully up to date with washing and cleaning.

• Charge power banks.

• Check all windows open easily in case you suddenly have to improve ventilation.

• Similar emergency bag, hand cleaning stuff, snacks and water in all cars, in case anyone who's out can't get home for some reason.

• loads of things I haven't thought of which is why I'd like to hear from other people!

I've bought in some extra food, painkillers,toiletries, cleaning products in case of a prolonged period of isolation but if one of us gets it we'll just accept that we'll very likely all get it, just as we would with any other cold/flu.

No-one's going to need to go to hospital so urgently that there's no time to pack a bag.

I don't think anyone can be sure of that. Also, one of the main benefits of packing a bag in advance (for anything, not just this) is that you can do the thinking of what to put in it when you're not stressed - it's not about the physical time it takes to put things into the bag, it's about working out what you'll put in and either packing it or being sure where it is.

Re turmeric I'm planning on adding that to some home made soups this weekend, will also be add bone broth eg pea soup, brocoli soups. Packed with good stuff and extra tea spoon of those green powderz.

Yy eeey
We had ambulance out the other week and I was packing bags whilst on phone thinking we'd be rushed straight off. In the end we weren't... But yes it was stressful.

Where is the go bag stuff?

I think on earlier numbered Prepping for a Pandemic threads, some people had suggestions.