• Stay home from work or school if you have flu symptoms, and don’t return until two days after your symptoms are gone.
• Wash your hands often. And cover your mouth/nose when you cough or sneeze.
• Go to the hospital only if you have severe symptoms, such as difficulty breathing. Stay home if your symptoms are mild because you risk spreading the virus to other people.   If you have insurance through your employer that offers a 24-hour nurses line, have it handy and call them while in the ‘mild’ stages, before it becomes severe.
• Masks, as seen in hospitals worn by doctors and staff, are probably a good idea for health care professionals and family members who come in close contact with flu patients. Though health officials said there is no need for the general public to wear them, I personally have them for my family just to be safe.  As the old saying goes, ‘Better safe, than Sorry’
• Officials said it’s safe to eat pork, but they stressed the need to cook it properly. That means cooking pork to at least 160 degrees. (Source: AP)
• If these steps are practiced by as many citizens as possible the spread of disease can be slowed.
• If people also take steps up front to reduce identity theft issues against themselves, they can also help that epidemic be slowed from reaching pandemic stages.
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Italics added by Terry Kohler - long-time novice genealogist, Certified IDentity Theft Risk Management Specialist