Most of the headlines about the flu make people even more helpless and fearful.
Here is how KETC in St Louis is handling it with one of their key partners - the Red Cross
Good advice where ever you live.
It's all about helping people help themselves rather than just panicking them about things they have no control over.
It is about offering context so that they can look at the risks themselves.
It would be great if CBC PEI and the Guardian would get together and help mobilize the broadly based resources on PEI and offer the same kind of help to all of us here.