From the link:
Specifically, DHS recommends:
Before a Pandemic
Store a two week supply of water and food.
Periodically check your regular prescription drugs to ensure a continuous supply in your home.
Have any nonprescription drugs and other health supplies on hand, including pain relievers, stomach remedies, cough and cold medicines, fluids with electrolytes, and vitamins.
Get copies and maintain electronic versions of health records from doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and other sources and store them, for personal reference. Get help accessing electronic health records.
Talk with family members and loved ones about how they would be cared for if they got sick, or what will be needed to care for them in your home.
If a pandemic should break out in the United States, officials urge the public to take steps to limit the spread of the germs to prevent infection. Tips include staying away from those who might be sick, frequent hand washing, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with your fingers.
DHS recommends:
During a Pandemic
Limit the Spread of Germs and Prevent Infection (emphasis below copied from website, not added by writer)
Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. It may prevent those around you from getting sick.
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Practice other good health habits. Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.
Periodically check your regular prescription drugs to ensure a continuous supply in your home.
Just came back from the VA with a bag of drugs in hand that will last until the end of the year... But then again, I am a special case.
We forget the common vector for spreading such a virus is the grocery store. People are touching everything with their hands, coughing, sneezing, wiping their nose and tracking stuff in with their shoes, all over the store. How are we going to decontaminate those boxes of Wheaties and packages of toilet paper? Will we have to wear moon suits to keep our contaminates to ourselves? How will people work in such suits when they will turn into hot suits too much to handle?