How to Prepare for a Pandemic -- Seven Ba

Again, great job!  This is probably the first (and may be the only) reference to serious personal preparedness the public will see.   And you made it happen - congrats!  Argyll, since you brought some good ideas about where to distribute this, should we start a new thread on that?  I'd like to hear more ideas on this, and also on the regulations (such as not leaving it in mailboxes) and any other thoughts people may have.

Albert,

Perhaps we can email them to each state health department and local government officials. We should have an introductory email, like a cover letter, that we can use as a template. We can also email them to some company headquarters and media outlets. An email is a lot quicker. Then we can follow up with hand delivery within our localities. Just a thought.

I think what we have up there is the final copy as people have printed them out and have said that they look clear etc.

Thanks MaryR great idea!

 

Standingfirm,

I agree...Argyll?

I will have to start following these revisions by date so we can keep track. Easy enough to change.


I just emailed these to my state rep. I will let you all know if I get a response.

thanks for spotting that! I am still doing my other job...a couple more hours and I should be good to go....

I agree with 4thegirls.  In fact, I was thinking of the same thing today.  It's not a big deal, but it would probably give it longer "shelf life."

updated to reflect 4thgirls suggestion and the spelling errors.


Doug, people are going to have to stretch at 3 gallons. I know I am.


I will work on the cover letter in the am. I have been glued to this computer for the past 15 hours

Good night folks.

Thanks, it was mostly argyll et al.


There are so many other brochures to make. Recipes, safety tips, meds, i could go on and on....

Standing firm did a ton of work which should be acknowledged! And, thanks to all the others who wrote copy -- this really was a collaborative effort!!

Two things:

 

1. Can we get hyperlinks on pandemichelp.org for the cover letter and brochure?

 

2. Can we post the hyperlinks on the front of both pandemichelp and AFT?(please visit our other web site AFT, or Pandemichelp for more information?)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

Argyll.

What I learned....

This is a new medium for collaboration so I'd like to document my experience working collaborately with like-minded individuals. Amazing! That about sums it up.

Every little bit helps so help where you can. Constructively and usefully opine. A criticism and then a suggestion works.
Never over criticize especially if you've nothing to follow it up with. This just tears the team down.

Gotta be honest here so others may take initiative.

This helped:
constant encouragers!
useful and constructive criticism
constant input
find your most comfortable place to serve.
Go for it attitude of others building on each others ideas.

You guys had all the positives and none of the negatives. I truly mean that this was a team effort. Thanks

Hi all,
I just read the entire thread, and it is great! It is wonderful to see not only the end product and flyer, but to see how everybody contributed and collaborated. Thank you so much Argyll and Standingfirm (and everybody) for doing this, it looks great!

All that said, I would like to make a comment about the amount of food to store. It has been discussed a little already, but I also think that 8 weeks sounds like a lot to most people. I’ve always balked at the fact that the government calls for two weeks, but doing this flyer has made me think.

I think that the 8 weeks may cause people to disregard the flyer altogether, thinking “these people have gone overboard”. My sister-in-law is a single Mom with two teenage boys, and eats out everyday at different fast food places with them and has practically nothing in the house. She would despair at the thought, and not try at all.
On the other end 2 weeks might make some people think they are all set, since they have some food on hand already.

Could “several weeks” work, or “4 to 6 weeks”? My thinking is, once the people who get the flyer go the PHO site etc, and start learning about this threat, they themselves will come to the conclusion (or read it at the site) that several weeks isn’t sufficient and expand their preps. But then you’ve got them going already.

This is just my input. If you don’t want to change it, I understand. I myself have about 6 months of food now, and agree with you about its importance. I’m just keeping in mind the nature of man, how most people’s responses to date hasn’t been much, after much government warning and movies like Fatal Contact etc. Everybody is busy, has little money etc. etc., so even if a lot of food is essential, I think it might scare people away.



    

Sorry, I hadn't seen that, SF.
I went to the AFT Brochure Links thread, but can't seem to make the link work.

Anyway, thanks again for all your work, SF!(You must spend here as much time as Albert, I saw you have more than 500 posts since August 1st!)It is a great flyer!!




    

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Frankiew. I like your super-flu term. I know when I say bird flu ,people laugh becuase they think about chickens or birds falling sick like in a cartoon type way with the flu and a thermometer in their mouth. I think I may use this...if they ask what the super-flu is then I'll maybe go into it from there. Don't know yet.