There’s been all manner of talk recently about the recent Swine Flu. Here’s a boring but very informative video from the Center For Disease Control.

Here’s my feelings. If this thing blows over, it could still be a good wake up call to get folks into emergency preparedness. It is also a good time for the prepredness-minded to study up on pandemics. And if does create a pandemic, a little knowledge and preparation will go a long way toward keeping ourselves and our families safe.

What To Do Now

The CDC has prepared plenty of information.

Prepare For a Pandemic – Family Checklist

Family Emergency Health Information Sheet

You may need to adjust your emergency prep spending. What is more important right now for you- breather masks, ammunition, water storage or something else? Give it some thought. There are plenty more checklists for different kinds of organizations (Schools/Churches/Businesses) at the CDC Flu website. http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/checklists.html

What To Do If The Swine Flu Spreads Near You

Learn How To Shelter In Place – This is old hat for most survivalists and preppers.

Information with hard data on the usage of masks / respirators.

Maintain a Healthy State of Mind

Keep Tabs on the Spread

Want to know where the flu is? Just keep visiting the wikipedia page on the 2009 Swine Flu Outbreak. (You can also learn more about how the Swine Flu works there)

Google Map with markers

Want To Wallow In Swine Flu Info?

As I mentioned, the survivalist/prepper corner of the blogospere is alive with Swine Flu information. Here’s just a sampling of what’s going on. I’ve tried to keep it to just posts that have helpful or at least interesting information, leaving out stuff that I see as just being freak out posts or rants.

Swine Flu Breakout Map and Coverage, Pandemic Preparedness – Swine Flu Outbreak, More Swine flu / Pandemic Preparedness Info, Flu Lists, Survival Health–Is This The Flu Epidemic of the Century?, Flu (With the best flu comment I’ve read yet – “Disturbingly absent from the news out of Mexico is any indication either way about whether infected people who die are or are not ‘coming back’ with a hunger for brains.” Thanks to theotherryan at TSLRF for pointing it out), Economic effects of pandemic flu in a recession, Is The Perfect Storm Brewing?, The Mexican Flu and You, Mexican Flu Update, Worried About Swine Flu, ,