Pandemic Flu Resources
Helpful links and resources
You are there! This site will provide you with updated local information, facts concerning the pandemic flu, information on what Larimer County is doing to prepare for pandemic flu and other health emergencies, as well as links to other resourceful websites.
The Larimer County Pandemic flu plan is still unfolding, but through this link you can take a look at the chapter drafts. Once completed, the county plan will be posted here.
This site is full of valuable checklists and information that will allow you and your family to be prepared for any type of emergency.
English and Spanish
phone: 1.800.639.READY (7323)
Pandemicflu.gov / Avianflu.gov
This site created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is a great source for answering all of your pandemic flu questions. It will provide you with up-to-date information and additional planning tips for your home and your business.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
English and Spanish
phone: 1.800.CDC.INFO (800.232.4636)
1.888.232.6348 TTY
Larimer.org/health/chs/flu.htm
This site focuses on the solely on the seasonal flu, the flu that circulates every year in late fall and winter. It will provide you with information about seasonal flu and up-to-date information on when and where you can go to get your influenza vaccination in Larimer County.
970-498-6706
Cdphe.state.co.us/dc/Influenza/avian/index.html
This site will provide you with a pandemic flu fact sheet that answers frequently asked questions.
Colorado Department of Health and Environment
language: English and Spanish
phone: 1.800.866.7689
303.691.7700 TTD
This site will show you how easy it is to be prepared and informed. It also includes contact information for other Colorado agencies for more information.
Ready America
language: English and Spanish
phone: 1.202.282.8000
1.866.644.8361 TTY
This site will take kids on a fun exploration to forming a plan, knowing the facts and creating a preparedness kit. This provides a great way for a family to work on preparedness activities together.
This interactive and fun website for kids will teach the importance of being prepared for any type of emergency through games and quizzes.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
English
Make a plan, Get a kit, Be informed
This site will help you prepare your home, school, business and community for the pandemic flu and other emergency situations.
English and Spanish
Centennial Chapter - Fort Collins, CO 80525
970-226-5728
Northerncolorado.redcross.org
This site was created to provide students, faculty, and employees of CSU with up-to-date information on how the university is preparing as well as basic information on what exactly a pandemic flu is.
English
Want More In-depth Information?
U.S. Government Official Information
- Pandemic Influenza Site
- U.S. Health and Human Services Pandemic Flu Plan
- Federal Government Pandemic Flu Planning Update - March 13, 2006 [pdf]
- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
WHO - World Health Organization
- Avian flu
- Pandemic flu - current risk assessment
- Ten things you need to know about pandemic influenza
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - CIDRAP
Bird/Pandemic Flu in the News
Good overviews of Pandemic Influenza
- Scientific American article, November 2005, "Preparing for a Pandemic"
- Scientific American article, Januray 2005, "Capturing a Killer Flu Virus"
- Foreign Affairs article, July- Aug 2005, "Preparing for the Next Pandemic" by M. Osterholm
- Foreign Affairs article, July- Aug 2005, "The Next Pandemic" by Larie Garrett
Helping people help themselves - The Flu Wiki
- The Flu Wiki (A "wiki" is a collaborative website to which anyone can add information, although the editors can remove information that may be inappropriate.) A Wiki allows the rapid creation of web information using the knowledge and talent of hundreds or thousands of people all around the world. Although most of the information on this very extensive web site is valuable, not all of the information has been confirmed by studies. Use what you find to be helpful and convincing.
General Emergency Preparedness
- Individual and family pandemic preparedness
- Red Cross: Home preparedness
- Home and family preparedness
- Business preparedness
- Ready Colorado
- Ready Kids
- FEMA for Kids
- Ready.gov
Books about Influenza Pandemics
- John Barry, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History, 2004 (Read the book that George W. Bush read this summer!)
- Alfred W. Crosby, America's Forgotten Pandemic, The Influenza of 1918. (Older, but much shorter than Barry's book above)
- National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine The Threat of Pandemic Influenza: Are We Ready? Workshop Summary (2005) Read it free online
