First Word

Q. What is Stop Buying Toilet Paper – Your Guide to Surviving 90 Days about? A. It’s a comprehensive guide to help people make practical decisions about what they need to survive this pandemic or any other disaster. It features information about the differences between bacteria and viruses; how the immune system works and natural techniques to improve it; tips for better mental wellbeing; and the ABCs of home defense, and more. Why did you write the book? I went to the store to buy alcohol pads and they were sold out. So I figured OK, I'll just buy rubbing alcohol and do it the old fashion way and use cotton balls, AND THAT WAS SOLD OUT! So I went to the front and asked, “Where’s all the rubbing alcohol?” and they said, “Oh, people are using it to make hand sanitizer.”  So knowing Americans love to do things backwards, I said to myself, all the toilet paper is gone and all the rubbing alcohol. I want to see something. So I wen...

I am starting a new project and doing some research. I came across this very clever social distancing technique being used by Fish Tales Bar & Grill in Maryland . Check it out -- isn't that clever? It looks like a vinyl record, too. I will be doing case studies designed to illustrate how people can social distance and conduct business as we enter the third phase of this season's coronavirus pandemic. I suspect until a vaccine is developed we will be learning to "keep our distance" for a while. I also thought it was a brilliant, new way to socialize and meet new people. It's a bar so people can come in and mix and mingle with the proper space between everyone. I posted on Facebook about surviving in the new world. Some naysayers just spun out into "it is, what it is, and we're doomed." I don't think that way. We're all going to have to understand and value new ways of doing business and socializing. I also recently published Love...

Purchase on Amazon/Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Buying-Toilet-Paper-Surviving-ebook/dp/B0883WCDZX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Stop+buying+toilet+paper+by+Lance+A.+Casazza&qid=1588788853&sr=8-1 In March 2020, our world and way of life literally changed overnight. The spread of the deadly COVID-19 made national and international headlines. People got sick by the millions and thousands began dying. The way the virus spread (from person to person) seemed like a story straight out of Hollywood and movies like I am Legend or 27 Days . Countries closed borders, and citizens were being asked to “shelter in place”. In the United States, companies sent workers home to telecommute or furloughed others. Government leaders ordered non-essential businesses to close. Essential businesses asked employees to wear latex gloves and spray counters and wear facemasks. And then the strangest reaction of all—people panicked and started buying in bulk not nonperishable foo...

We continue with our social distancing orders and stay-at-home policy. It's not easy to stay home and avoid all those fun social gatherings, parties, and celebration; however, it's critical to jump-starting not just the U.S., but the world at large.   When I drove past the Aquatic Center last weekend and saw all these people gathered, I felt disappointed. We need to social distance not just to save lives, but also to get this whole thing over with. Our lives won't return to normal until people abide by the social distancing rules. Even my mother wanted to break quarantine to go for a drive with me, and I said no. Mom is in the risk group of senior citizens. If you take one moment to think about it, do you want to be the one who infects someone who could end up dead? I know, I don't want that on my conscience. So friends if you want to get back to normal, follow the rules and stay home.