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[RC] OT: Bird Flu - Gloria Adams

 

Kinda surprised this topic hasn’t really come up before…

 

I’d prepare, its coming. 1 yr, 5 years, place your bets? Its coming. Save your water, food & fuel somewhere. Cycle thru your “bombshelter” supplies so the stuff  doesn’t go bad.

 

Hey, if “they” are thinking/worried about it (ie: AZ govt officials [who never worry about anything except their next check]), you should be too.

 

It comes in waves, of 1-3 months at a time. It lasts 1.5 yrs or so. Per 1917 Spanish Flu info.

 

Do not think that just because we are in the “21st Century”, that we have better technology. In fact, we don’t. Really, we don’t.

 

Nothing has changed for warfare against viruses since 1917 unfortunately, except a vaccination. For example, this is the exact reason there is no vaccine or true treatment for HIV (Aids). HIV is a VIRUS, thus no real curing treatment.

 

With viruses, either your body kills it, or you live with it for awhile then it kills you, anyway. Period.

 

Unless you have a vaccine, before.

 

Only, we do not have a vaccine for this N5H1 bird flu (& no technological brick & mortar lab buildings to make one, or the scientific knowledge for this specific virus).

 

YOU have never been exposed to this virus, so your body can do NOTHING about it (it has no previous immunological memory). This virus will kill you.

 

You need 3M N-95 or N-100 masks (Home Depot), WATER, food for 1-3 months (more is better). Sanitary Gloves, etc.

 

Got your water supply ready for no electric (a windmill, solar, or a powerful generator (15,000 watts that runs on diesel & could power your AC & water for ~4 hours per day, in the AZ desert heat if this happens to hit in the summer – yes that’s really 15,000 W not 1500.)

 

Think about your horses, they drink a lot of water. Minimum = 10 gallons per 24 hours at rest. OR colic from dehydration… even if they are not susceptible to bird flu, but you do not have enough water…

 

My 2 cents, what do you think?

 

 

http://www.azcentral.com/community/glendale/articles/0614gl-avian14Z18.html

 

City, health officials creating bird-flu plan

Early regional response strategy includes a tiered treatment system

Louie Villalobos
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 14, 2006 12:00 AM

Glendale city and health-care officials have joined forces to create a comprehensive response plan should there be an avian-flu pandemic.

The collaborative plan is still in the very early stages, but group officials said they are confident every aspect of the response will be in place soon.

Members of the group, which includes Glendale, Arrowhead Hospital, Midwestern University and the Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, spoke with The Glendale Republic editorial board earlier this week about pandemic preparations.



Mayor Elaine Scruggs said each entity has a detailed plan in place. What's still lacking, she said, is a well-thought-out regional plan.

"We're really trying to administer a response to a potentially massive problem," she said.

The group also preached personal preparedness. Residents should have supplies on hand to carry them through several weeks of quarantined living, assuming they choose to stay home during the outbreak.

Officials said they're not trying to frighten residents. Plans are in place, they stress, but residents should be aware of the possibilities.

Fire Chief Mark Burdick said a flu pandemic would make 40 percent of residents sick. The key is to be prepared, he added.

"People who are prepared will live," Burdick said. "People who don't prepare will die. It comes down to that simple of a statement."

Early regional plans include using a tiered treatment system that would quickly separate patients along their medical needs. So patients with the most pressing needs would be taken straight to area hospitals. The rest could be treated in locations around the city.

One of those auxiliary locations could be Midwestern University, said Kathleen Goeppinger, the university's president.

Goeppinger said she could also see using advanced medical students to help treat patients, under the watchful eye of medical professionals.

"I feel we have a responsibility to protect the community," she said. "And if we put our resources together, we can do it."