Swine Flu (post responses here)

Following my recent blog entry on Swine flu - I thought Id better create this thread for people to post replies/comments etc.

Also - if you find or hear recent/new updates/information of n the situation, please spread the word (excuse poor choice of terms) here - but we DO NOT need multiple versions of the same thing, lets keep it clear n relatively easy - we dont need 20 links all showing the places where peple have come down with the illness.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu/index.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/swine.flu/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/swine.flu.masks/index.html?iref=topnews

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=106484775090296685271.0004681a37b713f6b5950&ll=32.639375,-110.390625&spn=15.738151,25.488281&z=5

(Thanks to BrJohn for these links)

The Government's Citizen Corps website has quite a bit of information on their website

http://www.citizencorps.gov/

Here is another website

http://pandemicflu.gov/


Another great program that the government has through FEMA for emergency management and citizens is the Independent Study Program (ISP). You can take courses dealing with various emergency/disaster situations and even receive college credit or CEU's. Here is a link to the ISP page:

http://training.fema.gov/IS/

I would encourage everyone to take IS-22 Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness

A little background, I was involved extensively in Emergency Response as a volunteeer through an Amateur Radio organization as well as being Second in Command of a multi-county Search and Rescue group.

MTFBWU