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Essential Flu Pandemic Preparations

Early preparations should include building a store of food and drinks to save you going out if you contract the disease. Additionally such things as face mouths, facemasks and handcleaners will help the tranfer to non effected members of your family. The use of Tamiflu (oseltamivir phosphate), relenza (zanamivir) and other anti virals may assist in avoiding contracting the swine flu, minimise illness sevirty and assist in your recovery. These are avialable as capsules, in liquid form or as an inhaler. Although not a total preventitive the antivirals have an average 75% effectiveness when used as directed. Health professionals have been specifically catered for with stores of these drugs held on hand to treat front line medical staff.

Preparation is essential for this pandemic!. Here we have given you suggestions which will assist you to get through these challenging times with the minimum disruption to your life.

Provisions should be purchased for several of the following reasons,

1. Should you become Ill it will be necessary to isolate yourself to stop you from spreading the virus further.
2. Isolating yourself will assist in stopping you and your family from contracting this disease .
3. In the event of a protracted outbreak it is expected that services may well be disrupted. This means that commerce could well grind to a halt as workers fall sick and are unable to undertake their work causing backups in food distrubtuion, waste disposal and genral services.

Canned and dried foods for up to several weeks, sufficient clean drinking water, face masks and medical supplies including wipes, enough of your usual medicines for an extended period, food for pets, a radio, torch and batteries to run them.