I had a great, great Grandmother succumb to the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Leaving my great Grandmother with her father and sibling to raise. While the situation probably could not have been prevented, this made me think about how important knowledge is regarding the Swine Flu. In 1918 there was no Internet! Can you imagine??
Today I found a Gadget or Widget from the Center for Disease Control CDC). Scroll down my web page, on the Right hand side is a green box with a link to the CDC.
This site has current medical information on the Swine Flu. On the right side of the CDC page is a modern, snappy CDC-TV podcast. This podcast has information on protection for yourself and your loved ones during this Swine Flu pandemic. As of April 28th, there are five articles ranging from pregnant women and Swine Flu to the CDC's announcement for the use of antivirals under specific circumstances of exposure or suspected Swine Flu infection.
Specifically: "Any health care worker who is at high-risk for complications of influenza (e.g., persons with certain chronic medical conditions, persons 65 or older, children younger than 5 years old, and pregnant women) who is working in an area of the healthcare facility that contains patients with confirmed swine influenza A (H1N1) cases, or who is caring for patients with any acute febrile respiratory illness." --CDC.
Travel information is also available on the CDC webpage.
Click on the information on the CDC webpage for the World Health Organization (WHO), under "Swine Flu Watch" on the Right side. The WHO maps out the alert levels for a pandemic.
There will be a web cast on the current Swine Flu pandemic on April 29th 2 PM Eastern Standard Time.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/news/panflu_webinar.html
For those interested in the 1918 Great Pandemic, there is information at the bottom of the CDC webpage.
I will keep you posted,
Ann
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