Social Distancing
Effective Pandemic Flu Prevention



Social distancing may be the only surefire way to prevent pandemic flu. To protect your family, you need to be prepared to initiate distancing, whether self-imposed or government-directed.

What is social distancing? Very simply put, it is the act of keeping one's distance from others. Limiting social contact with others can be voluntary or it can be imposed on you by your government authorities.

The reason that you would limit contact, is to protect you, your family and others from the pandemic flu (or any other highly contagious disease).

Prevent pandemic flu with social distancing. Photo by The Wu's Photo Land.

Photo courtesy of The Wu's Photo Land

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The Proof That Distancing Works

There is proof in historical writings that social distancing works well to keep people healthy—even during a pandemic . In fact, during the 1918 pandemic Spanish flu , the Spanish Flu , the town of St. Louis served as an example.

St. Louis was the 4th largest city in the US at the time, but it had a far lower death rate than other large cities, even though it was very close to Kansas, where the epicenter (starting point) of the 1918 flu is believed to have started.

How is that possible? St. Louis did the smart thing. When there were only a handful of people sick with the flu in St. Louis, Dr. Max Starkloff (Health Commissioner for the city) immediately shut down schools, businesses and public events. And then he urged people to stay home. Instead of quarantining just the sick, he took the opposite approach – and sent everyone home. Social Distancing!

Dr. Starkloff was criticized by others, who felt that he acted hastily and hurt businesses. But, by stopping the spread of the infection, Dr. Starkloff helped St. Louis to remain largely free of the pandemic virus.

Boston tried to do the same. However, they waited an extra week, and, as a result, their fatalities were much higher.

Social Distancing
for the Swine Flu

There is a possibility that you will not have a choice about distancing. It may be imposed on you by your government. In the US, for example, the federal, state and local governments all have the authority to require isolation of sick people to protect the public.

Mexican restaurant, April 1, 2009, flu pandemic

Photo courtesy of Eneas De Troya.
April 1, 2009, Mexico City

And your government can also quarantine you to your home --sick or not. If you look on the US pandemic site, you will see that martial law can be enacted to make sure that people stay in place during a pandemic.

But, the smart thing, of course, is not to wait until the government tells you that you can't leave your home. Self-imposed distancing can occur when you are ready, at any time, and it can help to save lives. Here are some of the things you can do for flu prevention to protect yourself and your family:

  • Shop only during slow hours (middle of the night, for example), and only when you absolutely MUST.
  • Stay away from crowds and public gatherings.

  • Work from home.

    Practice social distancing by working from home. Photo by Scott Gillies.

    Work from home to avoid influenza exposure.
    Photo courtesy of Scott Gillies.

  • Home school your children.
  • Visit with friends and relatives on the phone, instead of going to see them.
  • Before you travel by air, make sure that you consider whether travel is safe at that time.
  • Make sure that you have an emergency food storage supply so that you won't have to run to the store for food.
  • If you take prescription medicine, ask your doctor to write a prescription for a year, and buy your medicine now, so you won't have to go to the pharmacy.
  • If someone in your family develops swine flu symptoms , CALL the doctor first. You may not have to go to see your doctor. There are sick people at doctor's offices, and you or your family member may be infecting others, as well.

This is only a partial list of ways that you can keep your family safe by distancing. Dr. J.P. Lofgren, state epidemiologist at the Alabama Dept. of Public Health has a website that will give you more information. Visit his website at http://www.socialdistancing.org to learn more.

In the event that the swine flu H1N1 becomes a full fledged pandemic, you would be wise to consider social distancing. The flu virus is novel (never seen before), and humans have no antibodies to fight it. The best defense is a good offense, and, in this case, a good offense is avoidance!




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