Flu stops reports the story with no sugar coating, while focusing on the point and possible solutions to pandemic bird flu issues. Recently an article was circulating in the media about how easy it is to catch a cold by touching certain items infected with a cold virus.

The virus can infect you for up to 48 hours or more. It turns out that people can pick up a cold or flu virus on a variety of surfaces. Big offenders include refrigerator doors, a TV remote, door knobs, light switches, bathroom faucets, dishwasher handles and shaking hands. Fact of the matter is the bird flu or a cold virus will be out there in large numbers during a normal cold or flu season. You will come in contact with it sooner or later.

The big question is whether you will catch the virus or not because you’re going to run into a lot of opportunity. Since, most people will have no immunity to a pandemic virus, infection and illness rates could add up to half of the population or more including up to four waves of influenza activity.

A severe pandemic in the past has lasted for a year and a half to two years. This of course changes the entire dynamic of the equation considering how you are going to avoid infection for that long. You have got to not only worry about yourself but all your close associates. Every individual will need to adopt strict safety procedures to prevent from catching and passing the bird flu virus to themselves and their friends and family. Your plan will have to include staying away from that guy or gal who never really gets it. This person has no discipline and takes pride in it. They may be too lazy or not fully understand the situation.

You are going to have to be ruthless in your behavior. You must demand that all family members, friends and associates change their unsafe habits. You and they of course will need to learn new safe habits that will give you a much better chance of fighting the bird flu virus that will be virtually everywhere outside your self-imposed quarantine. The free flu stop survival guide was created to help you and your friends and families develop the habits you will need to survive the coming pandemic.