“Well, if that’s the case...may as well pack it all in.”
If what’s the case, Marie? What part of the posting are you referring to?
My mom is a massive survivalist and taught me a lot. Growing up we spent some time living in the Alaskan Bush in a one-room cabin with no plumbing, 50 air miles from the nearest road.
I thought we had a pretty good handle on things, then my son became a type one diabetic. He’s dead without insulin. You can only stockpile it for so long, even with refrigeration. We’ve looked into making it ourselves, but insulin is a delicate hormone and it’s not easily isolated or synthesized. It must be injected. There is no oral route.
Sorry, but these ‘survival’ threads do tend to depress me now. This family can’t live long without modern medicine. My son has the knowledge to survive in the woods for years, but he’s not going anywhere without insulin.
For many people, modern life is a necessity. We’d already be dead without it and we can’t make it long if it goes away.