Watch movies about massive pandemic outbreaks, of course. You know, just to get your mind off of it. Some of my favs? The Andromeda Strain, Outbreak (gotta love the monkey) and Stephen King’s The Stand. The book is really the best way to experience the horror of the Superflu or Captain Trips, as King lovingly refers to it, but the 1994 TV mini-series doesn’t do a bad job visualizing it for us:
Oh, and maybe also wash your hands a lot for awhile.
