Do Your Own Due Diligence

The advent of texting has brought with it a plethora of new acronyms.  DYODD was one of the first ones I learned many years ago.  Do Your Own Due Diligence.  And it basically means you've got to do your own research, especially as pertaining to what you read online.  Just because it's on the internet, doesn't necessarily mean it's true.  Shocker.

I recently came across an article online, written by preppers and for preppers.  I'm always interested in what others have to say on prepping subjects, especially food and medicine.  I like to see what kind of detail they go into, and whether it's actually practical.  Most of what is out there is pretty generic and only skims the surface.  People are copying each other and very few get into the how-to's of any given topic.

Anyway, this one particular article was supposedly written by a doctor.  He listed the four antibiotics a prepper needed to have and why.  So I went read through his short list, his explanations, scrolling down, and expecting to see doxycycline pop up sooner or later.

And it wasn't there!

What the heck?!?!

And then another doctor in the comments section for that article suggests that doxycycline should be added to the list.  And a third doctor replies that doxycycline becomes toxic past its use-by date.  He is apparently totally unaware of changes made in its formulation so that toxicity is no longer an issue.  Even tetracycline, related to doxycycline, does not break down and become toxic now.  Some of these doctors also appear to be totally unfamiliar with the military's Shelf-Life Extension Program.  One has to wonder about their expertise.

The internet is full of these kinds of examples.

(For what it's worth, doxycycline is the only antibiotic for treating tick-borne illnesses and typhus.  There is not much in the way of natural treatments for tick-borne illnesses, and so far as I have been able to determine, there is no alternative for treating typhus.  It's doxycycline or die in that situation.  And doxycycline is really cheap.)

As Ronald Reagan said, "Trust but verify."  This blog is just a springboard for you to do your own research.  I'm doing the best I can.  I write this for my family--my children and grandchildren (if I ever get any).  I write from the perspective of knowing that history repeats and that our society will collapse entirely.  There will be no stores, no pharmacies, no manufacturing of essential medications.  We'll be making do without much electricity or gas and probably living in pretty austere conditions. When writing about herbs and their uses, I focus on what's available in the US, especially the western US. I will never get around to stuff that grows exclusively in the East.  If that's where you live, you'll have to do some homework on your area.

What works for me may not work for you.  We're all different.  We all have different challenges.  Ultimately, you've got to do your own research--your own due diligence.

Links to related posts:
Shelf-Life Extension Program
Typhus
Tick-Borne Illnesses
OTC Pain Relievers
Shelf Life Extension Program   

Tetracycline at TEOTWAWKI

For further reading:
https://www.askaprepper.com/antibiotics-you-need-shtf/