Reply #17: Agreed. Try NOT to worry, Stress & worry will weaken the immune system. So

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concentrate on strengthening your bodies own natural defenses through trying to keep stress under control (try meditation), getting enough rest, eating healthy & taking healthy doses of Vit C, Zinc, Garlic, etc. (note: use of echinacea is being debated. Some swear it works, others swear it doesn't. My only advice is to not take it if you have an auto-immune disease since some studies show, and it's been my personal experience, that echinacea can rev up an already over active immune system.)

I have a friend who lived in Hong Kong and traveled extensively to and all around mainland China during the beginning of the Bird Flu there. Yes, she was concerned BUT she started a nutritional regime to strengthen her own bodies immune system and took basic medical precautions (she wore a basic med/surg mask and washed her hands often) and even after being exposed to it repeatedly never came down with it.

Although I understand being concerned... knowledge is power, fear is a killer.