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Pandemic Flu Resources

Helpful links and resources

Larimerflu.org

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.

fluplan.larimerhealth.org

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.

Readycolorado.com

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

Ready.gov

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

Ready.gov/kids

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.

Fema.gov/kids/index.htm

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

Redcross.org

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

Safety.colostate.edu

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

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U.S. Government Official Information

WHO - World Health Organization

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy - CIDRAP

Bird/Pandemic Flu in the News

Good overviews of Pandemic Influenza

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

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

Faith Communities and Non-Profit Service Organizations

Other Resources