H1N1 Sidebar Story 1 – Preventing H1N1
Another one of those assigned tasks I was assigned to.Now there’s two of them.Preparing a prevention guide for all of you to never ever have H1NI in your lives (no guarantees here) and another one about the origins of the Spanish flu (interesting).
Now as we all know, H1N1 is just the latest pandemic to hit the world in recent years. There ares several ways of preventing this disease from ever infecting you so listen up.These are only preventive measures and not some kind of life insurance against the disease so I beg you,don’t sue me if you do get infected.
The most common preventive measure is to go to a doctor if you have any one of the classic influenza-like ilnessess (ILI) such as cough,fever, sore throat,body ache,headache,chills and fatigue.Don’t just stand there if you display any of these symptoms.Get help!Go to the doctor immediately! Who knows what that little fever means,it could mean something.So,do get checked immedaitely.
The next step would be that if you do have some of the symptoms,isolate yourself immediately of course.Or quarantine as they call it for up to a week.Be in limited contact with family and friends.Just let one person help you out.Remember,be separate from one another.Avoid crowds at all costs,don’t venture out of the house.Nobody wants the entire family or community to get infected with H1N1.More infections=More nuisance
Another way for early prevention is to wash your hands as frequently as possible.Nobody wants to see dirty,rough,unkempt hands.It’s not only disgusting but obviously unhygienic.So either carry a hand sanitiser at all tines or keep rushing in and out to the nearest wash basin and get scrubbing!
Notice the ‘fashion’ trend around nowadays?That’s right people,start wearing them masks.The three ply-layered ones,now they’ll protect you if you display the ILI and everybody else (of course not 100% full but it’ll do).If not,please,please cover your hands and mouth when coughing and sneezing.
The latest preventive measure?If you’re lucky and your country has stockopiled H1N1 vaccines,what’re you waiting for?Go get a shot!Like NOW!So good luck people,be safe and don’t get H1N1.
September 17, 2009