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    Posted: September 08 2006 at 4:50pm

Forgive me if this has already been posted, but just today I purchased a book called The Last Town on Earth written by Thomas Mullen.  It is a novel based on the 1918 flu epidemic focusing on one town that quarantines itself.  According to the book jacket description, the town posts guards at the city limits to keep people from coming and going.  Since I bought it today, I have not yet started reading it.

Has anyone else heard of this book, or better yet read it?....and if so, what are your thoughts as to how it would relate to a BF epidemic today?
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If you're getting mail, you're not quarantined.  In "The Great Influenza" by John Barry it showed a town that was quarantined, and not a person was sick until the mailman came by ferry. 
If other mammals are a source, I've read reports of tests showing positive infection in cats, dogs and even a horse.  So having a way to keep the mammals that could carry infection at bay would also be essential.
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If we still have electricity, I have heard you can iron the mail, and the heat will help to kill germs. During the anthrax scare, I did most of my bills on line and just tossed out most of the mail, and then washed my hands well. If you dont have electricity, you could heat a old antique iron, they are very plentiful or any piece of heavy metal and place it on the mail, not too hot or it will go up in smoke.
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See the book here with write ups on it....
 
 
 
 
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I have gloves.  i shall use these to open the post.  If I can I'll also get one of those wire cage letterboxes to fasten to the back of the front door so nothing falls on the floor.
 
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Ok, after reading your post I promptly bought this book and it was GREAT.  I really enjoyed reading it, it was a very well written book.  All I can say is, after reading this I really don't hold out much hope for anyone, any TOWN, being able to reverse quaranteen.  There's too many people that you'd have to rely on for everyone's safety... someone will let you down.
If you've not read this book and have an interest at all in the 1918 pandemic, get it and read it.  (But first read John Barry's book "The Great Influenza."  Thomas Mullen, author of this book refers to it too.)
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If we still have electricity, I have heard you can iron the mail, and the heat will help to kill germs. (vstr)
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I was thinking about putting alcohol in a small spray bottle and using it on both sides before opening with a letter opener at the side of the envelope.
 
They could test varius methods in a lab? and let us know....
 
or like you say vstr...do everything on line.  I can't think of anything essential that I am not able to do online.  I would miss my magazines.
 
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After that great review I have ordered the book from the public library.  I can't wait to get it.
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Me too from the library...Some has it out so I'm waiting..
 
Looking forward...John Berry's book...The Great Influenza
I highly recomnmend it.
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anharra,  wouldn't alcohol dissolve the ink?  Maybe vinegar would work (does vinegar kill just bacteria, or also virus??).

Mayeb we should just lay the mail in our garage for a week before opening.  I may be wrong but I think anything living on the paper would die off in a few days???
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This book was GREAT!!! I just finished it yesterday, stayed with it and could not put it down. Good story,but showed the consequences of actions taken and not being prepared. The main character, a young man had to make choices and live with the results. It also showed how people resonded when they were cut off from the world and starving, pointed out some scenarios that I had not even thought of; when I plant my garden, what is going to keep someone from coming in the night and raiding it and taking everything I worked for. They were guarding their town, but not their food source. I would highly recommend it to anyone, I found 1 copy at books-a-million. It would be a good book to pass along to someone who doesn't really believe that flu is that serious and that there is no imminent threat to us.
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Oh, I am sorry I was talking about the original post of The last Town in America, did not realize we were talking about another post in the one above.
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I have been told that  10% solution of clorox and water will kill most anything? Would it kill bird flu?
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Just picked up my copy from the library.  Will start reading this tonight.  I will give my review soon.
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 wouldn't alcohol dissolve the ink? 
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I was thinking...I don't care what it does to the envelope...that the mailman touched...then I thought...how long can it live on mail inside the envelope?  Would it be dead?
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