The Flu and You: Perspective and Preparedness

The Flu and You: Perspective and Preparedness

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Excerpt: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, generally far ahead of the rest of the world regarding potential pandemic threats, is always watching this and other bugs for early warning signs of spread in the U.S. Taking additional measures, the Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has empaneled a task force to ramp up preparedness and response to the spread of this contagion. Azar declared, “Americans should note this is a potentially very serious public health threat.” Officially, the communist Chinese government claims about 220 deaths and 10,000 infections. Our sources indicate that the actual rates of infection and deaths in China are much higher, and, in fact, official reports may only represent 5-7% of the actual dead and infected. The so-called “popup hospitals” now being constructed in Hubei province where the coronavirus outbreak originated double as isolation morgues. (...) Be prepared. As I noted in “The REAL Pandemic Threat,” “Clearly, there are significant pandemic threats posed by viral infections that mutate into much more contagious forms and can spread regionally, nationally, and internationally, causing significant loss of life. I have advised for years that the primary defense against such contagions is the capacity to shelter in place. What originates in China or Africa one week can be in your suburb the next.” For that reason, years ago we developed a resource page on Disaster Preparedness Planning, including a Two Step Individual Readiness Plan and a section on how to shelter in place. We encourage you to visit each of these pages, because national preparedness begins with individual preparedness. [In the article are two links to the mentioned plans. I recommend you read them. It they make sense to you and you can take these precautions, print the instructions out for future reference and begin working on them as you have the time and/or money. While they are recommending “shelter in place” as a defensive measure to protect yourself and your family, it will also work if you are the one infected and are alone, but can’t get to medical help as it will isolate you, thus protecting your neighbors. Ron P.] (Because of my lung transplant, the VA requires me to get the enhanced flu shot every year. And I use a Neti Pot twice a day, 365. Have only had two colds in the last 15 years. ~Bob)