As the swine flu (H1N1) continues to linger I thought it would be a perfect time to provide our readers links for educating themselves on what a pandemic is and more importantly how to plan for one.
In my short time before entering the world of Insurance and Financial planning, I was involved with a few businesses that were linked to crisis management. Avian Flu (H5N1) was the crisis that was being planned for the most while I was in the industry, so i naturally obtained a significant amount of information and knowledge regarding deadly influenzas.
The most alarming piece of information is that influenza strains like (H5N1 or H1N1) attack the healthiest people of earth. Typical influenza or the "flu" which we all experience every winter is an attack to the immune system, leaving children and elderly people with the highest risk as they typically have weaker immune systems. Pandemic style influenza's attack the strong, ages 20-45. Spinning out of control the pandemic flu's move your body into overdrive where essentially your internal organs are unable to sustain that pace and a death is unavoidable.
Whether it's the Avian Flu, Swine Flu or something we haven't heard of yet, it's not a far fetched idea to think that we could be exposed to this traumatic event in our life time. Below are a list of Links that can help you establish a plan.
http://www.fightflu.ca ( Canadian Government site)
http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu (Center of Disease Control)
http://www.who.int/en (World Health Organization)
http://www.fitseal.com ( Toronto based mask company)
Please feel free to email any question's about these types of influenza strain and I will be sure to get the appropriate information back to you.
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