The Bird Flu
Bird Flu Cases - Bird Flu Symptoms - Bird Flu Prevention - Bird Flu History
Prepare Your Family For The Bird Flu Epidemic
H5N1 Avian Flu: Infection Period - 1997 to 2006
- Avoid Handling Birds
- Avoid Eating Birds
- Avoid The Sick
- Cover Coughs
- Cover Sneezes
- Seek A Doctor Quickly
Bird Flu Prevention
Bird Flu Prevention
Medical Prevention Of The Bird Flu
The flu shot is known to prevent the Bird Flu in humans. But, when vaccinated,there is the possibility the patient will become ill with the Bird Flu.
The U.S. government says it has 4 million doses of the vaccine, but is only going to administer it to those who work in the federal, state or local government, the military, police officers, doctors, nurses, hosptial staff and other first responders. That leaves very little left for those outside that primary group.
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. The second group to get the vaccine would be patients in hospitals, then young children, the elderly, and those with long term serious health problems. Unfortunately, very few in this group would get the vaccine. In other words, most of the poor don't stand a chance of getting the vaccine. They will die along with those from the third world nations, too poor to get vaccines for all their citizens.
Non-Medical Prevention Of The Bird Flu
This is where self-prevention comes into play. It is the route most of us will have to take. It will be up to us to avoid the flu. We can do that by:
Not smoking, not using any legal drug, unless we really need it, and not using illegal drugs or excessive alcohol as they are known to lower the immune response, eating well, avoiding contact with people who smoke, drink excessively, use drugs or don't eat well, as they are more likely to become ill with the bird flu, avoiding contact with other people's children, avoding contact with pigs and chickens, not letting children take school trips to farms, don't let children play in the sand or dirt where bird droppings may be, avoiding contact with large, congested public places, public restrooms, public transportation, hospitals, doctor's offices, pharmacys, restaurants, shopping malls, schools, and places where you have to touch things other people touch, without first wiping items down with a disposable disinfectant cloth, and wearing a disposable mask in public places.
Do not handle live or dead wild birds, or domestic birds such as chickens or turkeys. Do not hunt or eat birds.
