While the flavour of articles today is along the collapse line, I like to look positive and make homely suggestions for rebuilding, rather than swim in my own misery and self-pity. With the collapse of the medical system, as already seen in Venezuela, there is a need for self-reliance in medicine at a basic level, such a wound management. Here honey, and even sugar can help, things which have been used in war zones:
https://seedtocrop.net/2019/04/manuka-honey-killing-super-bugs/?utm_sq=g8gowawqs1&fbclid=IwAR0sTRwBN1mTSUJHiPOUEOvzGqTe8P0R2GGOEviXzTNwMGzqlaw04v-1PnM&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=HealthMeans&utm_content=ArticlesTrending
https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/2019/05/06/manuka-honey-really-superfood-treating-colds-allergies-and-infections
“Manuka honey is derived from the nectar of manuka (Leptospermum scoparium) trees, and it has an additional component to its potent antimicrobial activity. This unusual activity was discovered by Professor Peter Molan, in New Zealand in the 1980s, when he realised the action of manuka honey remained even after hydrogen peroxide was removed. The cause of this activity remained elusive for many years, until two laboratories independently identified methylglyoxal (MGO) as a key active component in manuka honey in 2008. MGO is a substance that occurs naturally in many foods, plants and animal cells and it has antimicrobial activity. Australia has more than 80 species of native Leptospermum, while New Zealand has one, but the “manuka” honeys from each country have similar properties. There is currently a great deal of debate between the two countries over the rights to use the name “manuka”, but for simplicity in this article we use the term to describe active Leptospermum honeys from either country. Can manuka honey kill superbugs?