The How-To’s of Surviving COVID-19 with Survival Expert Tim MacWelch
April 30, 2020
Tim MacWelch is an author and an elite survival expert at Advanced Survival Training. He was a survival expert long before COVID-19 and is probably far more credible than most of the people handing out advice on television and social media. He doesn't need to hoard toilet paper, he doesn't need hand sanitizer, and he doesn't need to rely on the common food supply chain in order to eat. The man has long known how to forage for food in the wild, disinfect with natural methods and he is resourceful enough to find a renewable toilet paper source. While he could retreat to his bunker, fully prepared, and out ride this pandemic, Tim is instead using this pivotal moment to preach the survival and primitive living gospel. In the modern age, the convenience and instant gratification of being able to buy anything at any time may be nice, however the reality is that it creates a society that is woefully unprepared for moments like this. Drawing on his immense amount of experience, Tim is working to educate the masses on the techniques, skills, mental preparedness and more required in order to be more self-sufficient.
Tim says there is a lot of information floating around right now with tips for staying healthy and enduring this health crisis, but it can be hard to sort through the fact from the fiction. He talks about his blogs and newsletters available via social media that outline his top tips for living through quarantine. The reality is that above average levels of thoughtfulness and protection from cross contamination in your lifestyle are necessary. This is not a normal time, he says, so extra measures of disinfecting and using caution with what we touch really does matter, now more than ever. Is this our "new normal"? Moving forward, Tim says, we can't go back to exactly the way things were pre-coronavirus. Nobody really knows when there will be big gatherings again like sporting events or musical festivals. What we do know is that change is the only constant in nature and that should provide some comfort, he says. Humans can live anywhere, in virtually any conditions - there are people all over the Earth. People have the unique ability to be able to adapt to different environments and changing circumstances and it's that adaptability that will help us forge a new path forward.
Listen in as Tim MacWelch, author and survival expert at Advanced Survival Training joins The Revolution this week to talk tips for living through a pandemic. He'll also briefly highlight his new book, "How to Tie Knots".
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