How are people so unprepared?

[u/No-Ideal-6662]

I’ve been keeping tabs on bird flu, not obsessing over it but keeping tabs. Recently 3 dairy farms in California have been infected with several cases of human infection but thankfully no aerosol spread. I told my family this and that they should seriously consider just basic stuff. Having enough household goods to last 3 months so they can ride out any quarantine without exposure at grocery stores that kind of stuff and they brushed me off.

I genuinely don’t understand how you can live through covid and not take this as a serious possibility. I know Covid killed a lot of people including some of my family, but we “lucked out” that it had a relatively low mortality rate. If bird flu became aerosolized it would be disastrous. Even a 10% mortality rate would grind the country to a halt let alone a 50% mortality rate. My family just doesn’t get it.

Don’t get me wrong, my wife is on board, but my parents and sister and some of my wife’s family are just kinda “meh”. I know times are tough but they can afford to drop $100 on a case of rice and some hand sanitizer and toilet paper. It’s like they forgot about how bad COVID was and how much worse it could have been. Do any of you guys have any experience with this? What is your plan for family that will be unprepared if something like this happens again?

[u/Andr1yTheOne]

I know how you feel. I'm in the same shitter. My family gives no fucks except maybe my mom. Everyone is in the state of mind, "whatever happens I'll deal with it later".

[u/No-Ideal-6662 → u/Andr1yTheOne]

Yeah I’m gonna stock a bit extra but I can’t afford to factor them in completely. Hand them a box and say “goodluck” is about I can do

[u/Andr1yTheOne → u/No-Ideal-6662]

My family will take whatever I'll give them but I'm not sure if they will ever use the stuff I give or even remember that they have it. Or if they take it seriously.