PANDEMIC FLU RESOURCES

CIDRAP
Latest news and information from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/swineflu/index.html

Flu Wiki
An international website for information, planning and preparedness.
http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Resources.Resources

NewsNow
A news service out of Great Britian that automatically searches over 25,000 news sources around the world every 5 minutes for the latest information about swine flu developments.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Hot+Topics/Swine+Flu

Medical News Today
Their swine flu page.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/swine-flu

Pandemicflu.gov
U.S. government website for information, planning and preparedness.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/

CDC
General information and guidelines for swine flu.
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/general_info.htm/

Microbix: This is a virology company that has experience with dealing with infectious agents in its day-to-day business. They have prepared a plan for dealing with an influenza pandemic that includes steps they gave to their employees to protect themselves and their immediate families during a pandemic. I think one of the keys to getting ourselves and our families through an H1N1 pandemic is to understand something about the virus and how it functions. I found Microbix to be "virus savvy" in ways that can be easily understood by the public. They have generously posted their information for anyone to use. The following links are to two of their web pages that I feel are particularly useful.

Microbix Pandemic Response Plan
http://www.microbix.com/15.html

Microbix Pandemic Response ToolKit
http://www.microbix.com/1502.html

HOME CARE INFORMATION

For setting up a room or area as a sick bay and for a list of other items you will want to have nearby should you become sick, see the
Interim Guidance for Novel H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu): Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home
or
PandemicHomeCare: Free Checklist for Setting Up a Sickroom.

PBS
For anyone interested, there is useful information on this site about planning for death and burials at home.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/afamilyundertaking/askanexpert/index.html
Resources link:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/afamilyundertaking/links_books.php

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