Swine Flu Facts – Should You Be Worried?

As I mention on my lens about the swine flu, my research leads me to believe that folks aren't doing enough to protect themselves or to be prepared for a pandemic — even now, when the level is at Phase 5. That is very worrrisome, y'all.

I went to the grocery store for a quick moment earlier today. I don't know if it truly was just because of the hour of day or not, but the obvious lack of cars in the parking lot gave me an uneasy feeling. As I went through the door into a very unusually empty store, my first instinct was to hold my breath.

What are you doing to prepare? Do you know the symptoms? Do you have a plan of action? Food for at least two weeks? Do you, like some commentators are positing, not believe it will reach you? Do you really think, like some people on Twitter and other networking sites, that it'll be easy to just pop into an infected hospital with overworked staff to get treated? Will you want your children there?

Lensmaster Susan52 is right when she states the following on her lens, Swine Flu Facts - Should You Be Worried?:

Don't Panic! Educate yourself and take reasonable precautions to protect yourself and your family from swine flu, but remember that panic doesn't help anyone.

Visit this lens and learn more about what you should do now.

This is not about running around frantic and out of control, but about facing something head on. I hope you do. I hope you get ready, and stay ready.

Where does it lead us when we have the "it won't happen to me" mentality? We have a lot of deaths, a lot of clean up, and permanent scars not only in our children's memories, but in our own.