Monthly Archives: January 2009
Ready or Not #32: Pandemic and Medications
I had a lot of time to think the other day as I was sitting in the emergency room -for S-E-V-E-N HOURS! Don’t worry, everybody is okay, but as I was sitting there and observing what was going on around … Continue reading
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Ready or Not #31:Pandemic – Personal Preparedness
The difference between a regular flu outbreak and a pandemic outbreak is that for the regular flu (which is miserable) the CDC (Center for Disease Control) knows what strain of flu is most likely to break out and it is … Continue reading
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Ready or Not #30: Pandemic
Pandemic. It even sounds scary if you say it out loud – pandemic. Secretary Leavitt, President Bush’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, said that the word pandemic actually comes from the Greeks. Pan means all and Demos means people, … Continue reading
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