Bird Flu: Personal Preparedness Must Include These 4 Critical Areas
The recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been powerful reminders of how destructive forces of nature can be, and how preparation can mitigate the effects. Avian influenza, commonly called "bird flu", is a powerful force of nature that we must prepare foror suffer potentially devastating health and financial consequences. Avian influenza is an infectious viral disease, such as the normal seasonal influenza, but it seems 70 times more lethal. And because the nature of the virus, which would be fatal to healthy adults and children and pregnant women, as the so-called Spanish flu of 1918-19 report was.
The Project 2020's U.S. National Intelligence Council, Mapping the Global Future is a global pandemic ( a global epidemic that is) as the main threat to the global economy. According to Shigeru Omi, regional director of the World Health Organization: "The world is now in great danger of a pandemic."; And according to Dr. Robert Webster, a famous researcher Influence of St. Jude Children Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, "we can towards a global catastrophe."; The infectious disease specialists have repeatedly warned that it is not whether a bird flu pandemic arrives, it's just a matter when.
Judging federal response is incredibly inadequate at all levels to Hurricane Katrina is emblematic of his incompetence in dealing with large national emergencies, are slow and superficial response to avian influenza so far and his lack of leadership on this issueit is clear that one can not rely on government to protect you. You must take the initiative to prepare yourself and your family for the next pandemic of avian influenza. There are four key areas that must be addressed in order to prepare for bird flu pandemic: 1) "social distance", 2) Commodities including food, 3) personal protective equipment (PPE) and 4) financial planning.
Social Distancing about your life and work situations in which the pandemic will strike. Without going to extremes, we want you and your family so far from other people as possible. Bird flu is just like the normal seasonal influenza, which can be infected by other people, not birds. (though it may be possible that the viral infection of birds to acquire, is much more likely that if you are infected, they will have acquired the virus from another person, not a bird.) avian influenza virus is highly contagious that has been no informal contact with an infected person (who has no symptoms during the first 24 hours after infection), touching contaminated objects, and air.
For this reason, it would be far from people as far as possible, which means more time to stay home. Your children are not in school, go home. If your house is on the floor of a building of 73 apartments in New York City, how do you prevent other people? It is advisable to consider an alternative situation of life for some months. The same principle applies to your workplace. If you can cut telecommunications, which is the best scenario. remote control if you're not stupid, but because the type of work you do can be an option, ask your employer.
If you need to work closely with others in the workplace, what can you do to protect against infection and the other, such as policies and procedures are modified to minimize the contact with colleagues or stations customers? not wash their hands what are the plans available to your employer to treat the next pandemic? for discussion and questions about your employer and coworkers.The second area that must be addressed is' basic products including food. "There are sporadic problems with production or employees goodsbecause production throughout the world will be sick or absent from work.
It will provide Furthermore, because channel disruptionsboth patients or workers absent from work, and because of regional, national and / or limited to international travel. These problems will lead to a reduction or absence of most or all of the products that have easy access to today. Products such as soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, and almost everything can be bought in stores like Wal-Mart will be difficult or impossible obtainfor periods of weeks or months
