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Here we are, entering a new flu season. Generally, experts judge that flu season begins about now in late fall, peaks in about January or February and then ends gradually. Each year, flu (short for
influenza - a viral infection of the respiratory tract) is a serious concern. It is estimated that 36,000 Americans died last year due to flu.
So, as a broker who urges his clients to take care of themselves and get good health insurance, I urge you to do the same. Check with your doctor and, if he/she advises it, get a flu shot. I get one each year because I am getting old enough that flu is more risky for ME and I spend a fair amount of time with my grandchildren for whom flu is also a major risk. Flu always hits the younger and the older hardest.
Normally, flu shots are inexpensive, readily available, and effective protection. But this year is different. Experts are speaking with alarm about the "real possibility of a pandemic of avian flu."
To us, regular people, that means they are concerned about a worldwide spreading of the lethal bird flu that has arisen in Asia (known as H5N1). So far, it has spread from birds to birds and from infected birds to people but not much from people to people. If (when) it mutates so that it is able to be spread from person to person OUR LIFE WILL CHANGE! Millions and millions of people will die! Hospitals, doctors, all social services will be overwhelmed. There won't be enough drugs to help those infected, there won't be places to get the drugs, there won't even be gasoline to fuel your car to go somewhere for help. There won't be food in markets. Even public utilities like water, natural gas, electricity may be unavailable.
NO KIDDING - THIS IS SERIOUS! AS MANY AS 75% OF INFECTED PEOPLE MAY DIE!
Make preparations. You might turn out to be entirely on your own. Stock up on everything you will need if you literally need to stay cooped up in your home for weeks or months to save your life. Here is a website where you can read about this more and where you can get advice about how to prepare.
Go to
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/individual/index.html
