Being ready for it is the point I've been trying to stress.

HN51, Smallpox, Anthrax, Plague, these are all things that make people nervous. Guess what- they were as leathal as thier reps, there would have been no survivors. I'm not dismissing them, but I think they are being blown out of proportion. Treat them like you would any virus outbreak, such as a "common" flu. Wash your hands, don't pick your nose or teeth, don't cough on people, wash your hands, bow rahter than shaking hands, bathe, get in shape, eat right, lower your stress levels, get plenty of sleep. If you get sick, hydrate, stay warm, get even more sleep, and if you think it is anything out of the ordinary, seek medical attention.

The reason for this is simple: you can't avoid exposure, and preparing for a biological threat before you know what it's final form will be is pointless. For all we know, by the time it gets here, HN51 will have lost a lot of it's virulance. Or it will be resistant to everything in the arsenal. Or maybe it will be highly contageous, with an extermely high morbidity rate, as it goes through Europe, which means it will burn itself out there. Or it might just make give you a wonderful purple-green-magenta camoflauge pattern complexion while being resistant to everything. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Drugs like tamiflu or gamma glob or anything else are reactive measures that might or might not work for the suergerm of the month. I'd be more worried about proactive measures that we know work.