Pandemic Flu Awareness Week So you do realize since its National Pandemic Awareness week I will be posting in some way on the pandemic everyday right? Yeah… I knew that’s why you keep coming back.

So today the president talked about the Pandemic for about five minutes. What and how he said it is a little unnerving. Two things really got my attention: One was that he spoke of using the military to enforce a quarantine. Not sure that will work, but ok… you think about it. The other part of the speech that got to me was not what he said, but how he said it. If you watch it, you can’t help but reflect on the fact that for a gentleman that has trouble “using his words” he seemed to talk with incredible ease and knowledge about it. He actually said the words H5N1! He rarely looked at his notes. There are conclusions I draw that leads you to believe that he has been repeatedly briefed and is concerned right?

I’m not sure quarantine is enforceable, but I am glad he’s thinking about ways the government can help reduce spread and severity. And I’m glad the government is at least acknowledging there is a threat and letting us know they are thinking about how to deal with the problems. And perhaps my speculation about his ease in speaking about the possibility is completely overblown.

Either way… trusting the government to bail you out if this does happen… is not advisable at this point.

Someone emailed me the other day and lamented that they do not have the money to prepare for this type of thing. I say “hogwash”. Preparing is not just about spending money. It’s about deciding now, before there are life and death decisions in the balance what you would do if faced with X, Y and Z. For some of us, buying things will be one solution. For others of us, having a plan that when X happens, you’ll do Z is the plan. Some folks can’t focus on the worst case scenario, but instead will focus on what is “most likely” to happen. Either way… what I ask you to consider is that being educated about what is happening should be the biggest part of your plan!!! Once you have more knowledge, then make the decision on what preps you want to take or not take.

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