Bird Flu, What to Do provides the reader with an excellent overview of the issues we are likely to face during the upcoming influenza pandemic. The book is written in an easy to understand style that makes for pleasant reading despite the difficult subject matter. Dr. Fonte's liberal use of humor helps make her discussion of these unpleasant topics easier to digest. I recommend this book to anyone trying to come to terms with the possibility of a Bird Flu pandemic and who needs more information about this issue to help them decide what they should do. This book has an important role as a good way to introduce the topic to someone new to the issue. While it touches on the difficulties we are likely to encounter during a pandemic, it does so in a reassuring way, avoiding the dramatization of the worst case as found in some other books on the subject.



Grattan Woodson, MD

Author of the Bird Flu Manual

Bird Flu, What to Do provides the reader with an excellent overview of the issues we are likely to face during the upcoming influenza pandemic. The book is written in an easy to understand style that makes for pleasant reading despite the difficult subject matter. Dr. Fonte's liberal use of humor helps make her discussion of these unpleasant topics easier to digest. I recommend this book to anyone trying to come to terms with the possibility of a Bird Flu pandemic and who needs more information about this issue to help them decide what they should do. This book has an important role as a good way to introduce the topic to someone new to the issue. While it touches on the difficulties we are likely to encounter during a pandemic, it does so in a reassuring way, avoiding the dramatization of the worst case as found in some other books on the subject.

Grattan Woodson, MD
Author of the Bird Flu Manual

This book should be required reading for everyone living in this country (and other countries as well). If everyone took its message to heart and followed its advice, we would all be a lot safer. No need for color-coded alerts or political hype when Bird Flu - What to Do is only a bookstore or online order form away.

Bird Flu What To Do: Prepare To Survive by Verona Fonte Ph.D. (a psychologist for over twenty years' experience) with contributions from five experienced doctors, is a straightforward instruction manual for readers of all backgrounds about what to do and how to survive in a pandemic, particularly a bird flu pandemic. Chapters address how to prepare, including storing water and making sure water is safe to drink, what food and other goods to get and how to store it, healthy habits to adopt now to strengthen one's immune system, networking for a safer community, caregiving tips, what to do when death occurs, and much more. Bird flu specifically is extremely virulent and easily contagious simply from being in proximity to the sick; Bird Flu What To Do does not pretend to have a magic solution to the grim realities of a pandemic, but rather presents all the emergency advice that medical science and common sense have to offer in no-nonsense terms. Highly recommended.

Ignorance is not Bliss when humanity is threatened with life endangering epidemics. Verona Fonte has created an essential handbook to guide us in step-by-step preparations for survival in case if an outbreak of the bird flu. While the subject is serious and packed with important information, the text is clear and lively, leavened by wit and humor. We are encouraged, not only to understand the nature of the disease, how it spreads, how to avoid contamination, how to take care of ourselves and loved ones, but also to create webs of mutual support within our communities. Verona Fonte reminds us of the necessity to be informed and prepared, but also to assist each other in a spirit of intelligent compassion. I heartily recommend it.

Fonte has shown us that no matter what the crisis in our lives, if we prepare by being informed, knowing our neighbors and community, and face the challenges ahead with courage, we can weather any crisis the future may bring. I recommend this book highly!

Carolyn North

I highly recommend this book to everyone--mother, husband, daughter, friend--who cares about protecting oneself and one's loved ones not only from the threat of a Bird Flu pandemic but generally, from the dangers of any natural disaster. Bird Flu What to Do: Prepare to Survive will equip you with everything you need to know to prepare in an easy-to-read, straightforward, and comprehensive format. This book includes excellent contributions from experts in varying fields, offering valuable information that you won't find anywhere else! Don't wait on reading this essential book.

Verona Fonte's book is about more than bird flu, it is about preparing you and your family for survival in any unwelcome event - big or small. There are wonderful common sense ideas in this book, Bird Flu - What To Do, that I should have known, but didn't. There are other important facts and tips that I never would have thought about doing and am now so glad that I know. Whether your electricity goes out for days, or there is a unforseen larger situation in your area, this is the book that you should have on hand. In fact, this is the book you should have NOW to prepare for the unexpected - since none of us are sure what may happen. Being prepared is the best peace of mind you and your family can have. Knowing you are not so vulnerable can protect you from needless worry - and this book will guide you in getting there.

The best part about Dr. Fonté's excellent book is the comprehensive, easy-to-understand chapters that explain how to prepare not only for a pandemic disaster, but for earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes...this book is simply a great resource for anyone who wants to make their home, neighborhood, community a safer place. This is the only book on the bird flu I've read that has helped me get prepared instead of afraid. A must-read!!!!!!!!

"I applaud Verona Fonte for this tremendously important book. May her ideas spread - "like a virus" - quickly and widely - to individuals, organizations and communities throughout the world. Dr. Fonte has assembled an enormous amount of information into a clear and easy-to-read guide - for reference and for action.
Her emphasis is on the power of preparedness, and she has gifted us with simple guidelines. While the immediate focus is on the avian flu, this book is a manual for survival in a much larger sense. We are living at a crucial time. As we attend the many tasks of our day-to-day lives, each of us feels deeply a bit of foreboding: we are aware of the growing possibility of a large scale disaster, whether it be natural or man-made. Dr. Fonté's vision empowers us to begin to act collectively, to strengthen our connections, as families, as organizations and communities. Putting our health first, she teaches us to see our interdependence, and leads us to come together to create a safer and more sustainable world. Thank you Dr. Fonte! May this book find its way, quickly!, to homes, libraries, coffee tables, community centers, clinics, and businesses far and wide."

-Vivien M. Feyer, EdM, C.A.S., Physicians for Social Responsibility

i am very impressed with the way mz fonte managed to address the issues of surviving an emergency situation and, while being very inclusive, has kept everything in an easy to read form......this is the kind of book you can either take the time to read from cover to cover, or simply keep on hand as an emergency reference and be able to pick it up and quickly find the necessary advice on dealing with a imminent crisis.........i would advise every household to have this guide ready in case of an emergency.....