There are over 6.8 million global cases. The US has over 1.95 million cases. Cases have grown by over 28,000 in the US since yesterday, with over 1,200 deaths in that same period. There have been nearly 400,000 deaths around the world. Encephalopathies associated with COVID-19 are real and they are scary. This thing occasionally
You may have heard reports about pallets of bricks conveniently left near protests around the United States, ready to be thrown through windows. We’ve also been hearing about bottles of gasoline hidden in bushes around Minneapolis. Could people really be planting violent objects in our cities? Let’s take a look at the claims and try
The world has over 5.8 million cases. Cases have grown globally by over 700,000 since last week. The US has over 1.7 million cases and has had over 103,000 deaths. The US has gained over 21,000 new cases since yesterday. Experts warn that we’re facing a serious pandemic, possibly another Great Depression, and riots akin
It’s a common feature of epidemics and pandemics: one city or village will be decimated and the next one over is unscathed. The same thing also tends to happen with civil strife. Some regions of a city or country will be literally aflame, while nearby, people crowd into restaurants and shops as if nothing’s wrong.
We’re in the midst of an egg shortage. My old laying hens have been slowing down, the new chickens won’t be laying for a few months yet, and I don’t want to go to the store during COVID-19. The thing is, along with other long-term storage food shortages, powdered eggs have been hard to come by
There are over 6.5 million global cases. The US has over 1.9 million of those cases. There have been over 386,000 deaths around the world from the pandemic virus. Brazil has overtaken the US in daily cases growth at over 27,000 cases. Gilead is working on various formulations of remdesivir, including: dry powder inhalation version,
You may have seen people at protests dumping milk in their eyes. Newscasters often say these people are washing out tear gas or pepper spray. But does that trick actually work? Or is it just another myth about how to treat chemical irritants? We spoke to the experts and did some digging to find out
There are nearly 6.5 million global cases. There have been over 381,000 deaths around the globe. There are over 1.88 million cases in the US. There have been over 108,000 deaths in the US alone. Fauci says a COVID-19 vaccine may not confer immunity for very long. This is particularly true if the pandemic virus
I live in Minneapolis. On Saturday, the city released community safety recommendations during the unrest we’re experiencing. Those recommendations included the following: Pack a bag and have a plan to leave if you feel your residence has become unsafe: Identify a safe place you can go and stay. This may be the home of family
I live in the city of Minneapolis. Unlike many of my colleagues at The Prepared, who’ve left the city for the country, I love living in a city. But the past week in Minneapolis has been scary. Last Monday, George Floyd, a member of my community, was killed by police outside the Cup Foods convenience
There are over 6 million global cases. The US has nearly 1.8 million cases. Cases have grown by over 21,000 in the US since yesterday, with nearly 1,100 deaths in that same period. There have been over 366,000 deaths around the world. In one prison in Michigan, over 92% of inmates test positive for SARS-CoV-2
The world has over 5.8 million cases. Cases have grown globally by over 700,000 since last week. The US has over 1.7 million cases and has had over 103,000 deaths. The US has gained over 21,000 new cases since yesterday. CDC Guidelines for office re-openings: wear masks, space desks apart, no hand shaking, wash hands
Most knife nerds know better than to use a leather sheath for long-term storage. Even if the leather is vegetable tanned and therefore doesn’t have corrosive chemicals in it, it still absorbs moisture and traps it next to the blade. The picture above is the result of me forgetting my everyday carry (EDC) fixed blade
Three weeks ago, The Prepared was among the first in the English-language press to report on a new study indicating that SARS-CoV-2 had mutated into a more transmissible form. A more transmissible version of the virus that causes COVID-19 would be the second-worst possible news — second only to a more deadly strain. Given that
There are over 5.76 million global cases. The US has over 1.7 million of those cases. There have been over 355,000 deaths around the world from the pandemic virus. Half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine. Roughly one in three say they aren’t sure if they’d get one, and one in five
