AvianBirdsFlu.com: key facts about Avian Influenza commonly called Bird Flu that created world health crises rivaled only by Plague and HIV.
Home Page News Virus Pandemic Vaccine Sympotms Links H5N1 Strain Forum	Follow These Individual Recommendations to Protect Yourself - limit your trips to any countries on where cases of Bird flu are registered; refrain from attending mass events; - follow the rules for personal hygiene: frequently wash your hands with soap don’t use things belonging to a person who has Bird flu; wipe your hands with an alcohol-based solution after contact with a sick person; - get gauze flu masks and wear them permanently whenever you are around people who cough and sneeze; - take multivitamins that enhance immunity to acute respiratory diseases and Bird flu; - strengthen your body defenses with herbal preparations, such as ginseng, eleuterococcus, aralia, or Echinacea extracts; - don’t practice self-treatment of Bird flu, don’t let the disease develop, always turn to healthcare professionals for help if you get sick or notice that someone you know has bird flu symptoms; - buy poultry production in stores, cafes, bars, restaurants, etc. that are have appropriate signs containing the information about their origin; do not buy poultry (raw or prepared) at unauthorized markets, directly from the owners, from people selling it out of cars, in unauthorized areas, and from private vendors that don’t have the proper veterinary certificates; - eat poultry only after sufficient thermal treatment provided it was refrigerated (at a temperature up to + 6°?); - under no circumstances must you eat poultry that does not appear to be fresh (foul smell, adhesive, change of color of the bird’s carcass or of body fluids), which can be a possible source of Bird flu infection; - don’t buy souvenirs, made using fluff, feather and other materials of poultry production, which are a possible source of Bird flu infection; - eat in places that are properly equipped for this purpose, using disposable dishes, utensils, napkins, towels, etc.