The network’s Theresa Tamkins has produced a clear, straight-forward “to-do and not-to-do” guide for the pandemic.

You may want to put this on on the refrigerator door.

Here is a sampling.

CNN

1. Look up local flu outbreaks.

“If you’re getting most of your news from the Internet — and about 40 percent of people say they do — you may not be up on H1N1 activity in your community.

“Take the time to check local flu activity on the online version of your local newspaper (remember those?) or health department, or check out Web sites like Google Flu Trends (though keep in mind that this map is based on search trends and could be skewed if lots of healthy people are searching for information). There’s also FluTrends, which is produced by Rhiza Labs, and includes past cases and current activity, or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) weekly flu update.

“If your city or state is a bit of a hot spot, you may need to focus on some of these to-do points sooner than others. The good news is that some of the hardest hit areas in spring — like New York — don’t seem to have that many H1N1 cases at the moment. (Experts estimate that up to 1 million New Yorkers may have had H1N1 in the spring, which would protect against subsequent infections.)” (Emphasis added)

Source: CNN, October 13, 2009