What NOT to do for Flu

Here is some good info in the setting of flu from TIME/CNN: The top five things NOT to do in a pandemic situation -

1. DONT go to the hospital
2. DONT be afraid to eat pork (and yes, I think we should continue to call this SWINE FLU)
   
3. DONT hoard anti-viral medications (lets add to this one...DONT take antibiotics...they wont work on flu - antibiotics are for bacterial infections, flu is viral. Taking any medication...antibiotic or antiviral...when you're not sick can lead to the development of resistance, too)
   
4. DONT leave your home if you feel sick (lets add to that if you have fever and respiratory symptoms...or symptoms suggesting cold/flu of any kind)
5. DONT panic (its Swine Flu...not an IRS audit)

And now for a few of my own...

• Call 9-1-1 only if you need to...remember, ambulance crews are limited and calling an ambulance will NOT guarantee you get a hospital bed any faster (if at all)
• Wash your hands...all the time
• cover you cough/sneeze
• practice appropriate social distancing