What (Not) to do in a National Power Outage: Episode 1

Is the Chief Medical Officer irrelevant?

While the “Supeflu” raged - or not, as may be the case - and the waiting lists hovered at 7.4 million, the Chief Medical Officers of the UK thought it would be a neat idea to release their scripts containing public health advice to be broadcast during a national power outage.

The advice covers Water and sanitation, Food and nutrition and Keeping warm or cool in extreme weather.

The Day 1 broadcast from the Chief Medical Officers on Water and sanitation.

“Right you lot, power’s gone everywhere, tap water might be scarce, and everything’s gone pear-shaped. Here’s what you do.”

Conserve water, drink enough to keep your bearings, keep your hands clean, and don’t try to flush the loo. This stuff would be read out over the radio because phones, internet, and TV might be knackered in a nationwide outage.

Of note, toilets won’t flush without mains water. Don’t try. Bag the poo in plastic bags, seal ’em up and bin ’em outside if you can.

Day 2, keep drinking your 2 litres per day. You can collect ra…