H1N1 vaccine slowly comes to Franklin County

oh god, the piggy flu is gonna kill us ALL!!

Rob wrote:

oh god, the piggy flu is gonna kill us ALL!!

oink oink

Families need to consider the following home preparations. It is suggested that you put these plans in place, NOW:

• Have alternative child care options, if the adult members still have to report to work. Those options should be for SMALL groups of 6 or less children

• Have a well stocked pantry of AT LEAST two-weeks of ADDITIONAL groceries (in addition to what is already in stock in their homes!).
o Parents may not be able to shop due to illness in their family (taking care of a sick child or the adult member becoming sick)
o Stores *may* have reduced hours, if illness starts to affect employees
o Families may decide NOT to shop, if the have a child or other family member at home in the ‘high risk’ category that makes getting the virus more dangerous to their health/life

• Have all the necessary ‘over-the-counter’ meds necessary for home treatment of the flu already purchased.
o Hospitals and Doctor offices will be overwhelmed with more serious cases
o Stores may run out of the needed meds & supplies (just look at England & Australia for examples of that!)
o Pharmacies are generally smaller stores than grocery stores and number of employee are smaller. Those stores may have reduced hours due to employee shortage due to illness.

• Have a ‘Flu Buddy’, having another adult available to care for the children of their household, should one or both adults in a household become ill.
• Make a ‘Flu Kit’ for your college student to keep in their dorm.

• Looking in on the Elderly or Infirmed
o They may be ill with the flu and need help
o They may have other health issues that they could not get help with, if our hospitals and doctors become overwhelmed with flu patients
o They may need you to shop for them, if they are afraid to go out

i have muh gun thats all i need.