[blam]

If you're not whatching The Killer Flu presently on the Discover Channel, you're missing an excellent program.

I recommend everyone watch it. I'm not as prepared as I thought.

I'm 62 years old, have no medical problems, retired, single and plan to deal with any pandemic by isolating.

[steve86]

I just found out about that a minute ago on current events. Hope it's repeated.

[steve86]

plan to deal with any pandemic by isolating.

I work every day on my bug-out truck (plumbing, heating, cooling, cooking, medical supplies, etc.). However, with a family of four, and three pet birds, it will be a little cramped.

[ThePythonicCow]

Unless you are more prepared than most of us, isolating will get difficult if this pandemic goes in waves, lasting over a couple of years.

And many of the deaths will be from dehydration, not suffocation. If you get past the first couple days, as will most of us old farts without pre-existing serious conditions, then if you are too weak in body and will (this flu gets both, big time) then you will die for lack of water unless someone else is keeping you in fluids for a few days. The fever will evaporate water from your rapidly fading carcass faster than just about anything you've done since the vigorous athletics of your youth.