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Wed Jun 10, 2009 at 02:45:43 AM EDT
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Post links here for your favorite basic family preparedness information sources.
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Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 14:21:45 PM EDT
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(from a blog by Erik Klemetti)
Eyjafjallajokull flight cancellations:
How the right decision is being made to look wrong
[snip]What will really be interesting is the political fallout from the six day closure of the airspace over most of Europe due to the ash. If you read the press, you'd think that people are raging in the streets over the closure - headlines like "Anger Mounts over Volcano Crisis Response" or "Airlines question draconian flight restrictions". Sure, flights across Europe are close to back to 100%, minus some closures over Sweden and Norway, but a lot of what I read has an attitude of "How dare you inconvenience me and hurt the airlines with this foolish ban!"
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Mon May 11, 2009 at 06:26:14 AM EDT
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Cross-posted from PanFluWatch:
During a pandemic, we all know a lot of people are going to get sick.
Whether they get treated in a hospital or recover at home, a lot of those who get sick are going to need some help... and not just with their illness. Even the seasonal flu can knock you onto your back for a week or more, and a pandemic flu virus is likely to to be worse. So a lot of people who get sick will also need some help managing their day-to-day lives until they're back on their feet, simple things like:
- Making sure there is food in the house
- Contacting healthcare providers
- Helping provide care for children or other dependents
- Helping provide care for pets
- Contacting family members
- Picking up medicine from the pharmacy
But in today's society there are many of us who could fall off the map without anyone noticing right away. In many cases, it's all too possible for a person to be home sick for weeks before anyone thinks to check on them, and this will be even more true during a pandemic.
Because the same social distancing measures that will help to protect us from the flu (staying away from other people as much as possible, working from home if you can, etc.) will also reduce social interaction to the point that even those who would ordinarily be missed after a very brief illness will be at risk of falling through the cracks.
To help fix this problem, people can pair up with people they trust (friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers, members of their place of worship) to keep track of one another during a pandemic and help each other as needed.
A similarly-alliterative initiative called Pandemic Partners is also under development to help people help each other through a pandemic. Right now, it mostly consists of a set of forms people can use to share the information their "pandemic partners" will need to be able to assist them.
The forms are a work in progress, so if you have any suggestions for improving them, let me know and I'll pass them along. |
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Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 13:26:39 PM EDT
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I haven't been on this forum for a few years and must have missed oodles of conversations, but I'm back to where I left off, with the question of masks. I notice pictures from other countries of people wearing masks to help prevent swine flu. The US has more flu patients than some of them but we don't seem to be wearing masks. I know we've been told that they aren't effective, but then, not use them at all? Any thoughts on this. My husband gives tours to hundreds of people from all over the world on a normal day. How can he protect himself?
Lorelle
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Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 10:10:57 AM EDT
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Are you prepared for a pandemic flu? This free webinar will provide you with the expert tips and strategies needed to plan and implement a successful program.
This Webinar will address all of the issues that companies struggle with, regardless of their size, employee population, number of locations or financial limitations, including:
* Program Eligibility:
- All Employees vs. Critical Employees
- Inclusion of Family Members
* Medication Distribution
- Stockpiling vs. Immediate Distribution
- Prescription Renewal Process
* How much Medication to Purchase
- Average participation rates
- Selecting the appropriate program model
* Treatment vs. Prophylaxis
* Medical Screening Laws & Regulations
* Program Cost Structure
- Minimizing the cost impact with a Staged
Approach
* Alternatives to purchasing Antivirals now
Pandemic Flu Planning Webinar
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 10:30am (EST)
REGISTER ONLINE NOW at http://www.affiliatedphysician...
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Tue Nov 25, 2008 at 19:38:43 PM EST
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Jane, IdahoEM and I met (for the first time - much fun!) in Overland Park, Kansas, last week to share materials and conversations with emergency management professionals at the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Convention.
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Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 13:39:15 PM EST
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The Health Protection Conference 2008 organized by the HPA will take place Sept 15-17 at Warwick University http://www.healthprotectioncon... Anyone interested to do an exhibit there?
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 00:23:04 AM EST
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( - promoted by SusanC)
There are some questions that just BUG you so much, you just have to keep asking them!
This is one of them.
I tried to ask that several times. Maybe I asked the wrong people, I don't know, but I haven't been able to get much traction anywhere. So I thought I'll throw this question out and see if someone can help me find an answer, you know....
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Sat Feb 09, 2008 at 03:31:59 AM EST
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Request for interview, with 'Exceptional Parent' Magazine
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Fri Jan 18, 2008 at 15:01:08 PM EST
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Sat Jan 12, 2008 at 13:25:33 PM EST
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( - promoted by SusanC)
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. It...makes you think that after all, your favorite notions may be wrong, your firmest beliefs ill-founded... Naturally, therefore, common men hate a new idea, and are disposed more or less to ill-treat the original man who brings it.-Walter Bagehot, Physics and Politics
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 at 20:23:08 PM EST
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Intresting new book out caled Quarantine Post 911 http://www.lulu.com/content/16...
A Citizens Guide to Survival Preparedness for Pandemic & Bioterrorism Related Illness Do You Actually Know What It Will Be like to Be Placed in Quarantine or Isolation? Do You Know What Legal Basis The Government Will Use To Halt Travel, Barricade Roads, Detain Tourists, And Force Inoculations? This Is But A Few Of The Measures The Government Plans To Impose On The Public Should An Epidemic Break Out In The United States. Are You And Your Family Prepared For This Likely Event? Will You Be Able To Cope? Get the Inside Story and Facts You Need To Know Before The Next Pandemic Strikes or The Avian Flu Mutates. This Book Was Researched And Written by an Emergency Management Administration And Planning Specialist Who Wants To Share His Knowledge And Increase Your Chances Of Survival
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Sat Dec 01, 2007 at 19:38:38 PM EST
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This kit was developed by HHS and CDC along with input from community leaders. It is designed to provide you with key information and tools to help your organization or practice understand the threat of a pandemic and prepare for it now.
This toolkit provides the following:
* Information for you about pandemic flu
* Ready-to-use and ready-to-tailor resources prepared by HHS and CDC
* Ideas and materials to encourage your organization to prepare and to encourage other leaders to get involved
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 at 09:37:43 AM EST
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( - promoted by SusanC)
'Talking Points' on grassroots pandemic preparedness and community engagement
Susan Chu MD
Editor, Flu Wiki
Coordinator, ReadyMoms.org
(as posted at the APHA Expo 2007 ReadyMoms.org booth #362)
HANDOUT
Posters used for this event (4 sets of 2 each) can be downloaded here:
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Thu Aug 30, 2007 at 13:54:00 PM EDT
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I saw the excellent diary about local preparedness, and it made me think: how many of you have your personal flu and disaster preps completed? Did you set a goal, such as getting it done by September, for example, or, for flu preps, before the season starts in your area?
After all my talk about preps, surfing websites, making lists, etc., still have a lot to do. My main un-prepped areas are: medical supplies and plans for my cats. I tend to think of food preps, though important, are not the only things we need to work on, but am not so good about the other stuff. Even so, I think we'd still do o.k. in the event of a disaster/BF, but would like to fine-tune it (visions of I'm-workin'on-it's pics dancing in my head, making me feel guilty!).
My goal was to have everything done by the beginning of hurricane season; I started a concerted effort in July 2006.
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Sun Jul 22, 2007 at 03:20:32 AM EDT
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Here are their reason's why
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Sun Jun 17, 2007 at 20:52:35 PM EDT
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I published today a 2500-word "investigative opinion" piece in the Register-Guard, the newspaper for Eugene, Springfield, and Lane County, Oregon. Below is the text, which can also be found on the R-G website at http://www.registerg...
The piece is titled and subtitled:
"Ready or not . . . (A flu pandemic is a real possibility, and local officials have done almost nothing to plan for it)"
My goal in uploading it here is to suggest that others might also document the lack of planning or lack of transparency and publish op-eds locally calling attention to it. I sent copies of my draft to all state and local officials for corrections. Some were helpful. Some were ticked off that it was going to be printed.
Unlike the newspaper article, the following has clickable links.
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Mon Jun 11, 2007 at 07:37:31 AM EDT
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I posted this on Greg's blog today. But I think this is important enough to deserve a diary all on its own.
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