...Besides everything that's already on the media?

I am starting to panic, seriously!
There is already 2 confirmed cases where I live.

You guys have any special tips? Or is there anything special you think we should know about this?

Thanks!

PH

1. Don;t panic.  This is early and the cases have not been severe for the most part so far.  If this is going to be a problem, it will most lokely be later in the epidemic.  Better to get infected early in the course and we are early.

2. For easy steps:
a. Wash hands frequently.  
b. Don;t touch your mouth eyes nose face needlessly and wash your hands.
c. Carry your own pen and don;t use public pens in banks etc. Don;t touch public surface needlessly.
d. anti virals can prevent infection and/or cut symptoms if infected.

If sick with fever chills headache seek medical attention

Oh and don't panic

all of the above, especially the don't panic. I would add: don't watch TV or at least watch the news keeping in mind sensationalism means higher ratings, therefore business. May or not become a serious pandemic but as of now there is no reason to panic. Basic precautions as Dr. joe said.
If one develops fever and other flu symptoms (muscle pain, fatigue, maybe some respiratory ones like congestion or cough), avoid going to work/school and call doctor by phone. Cases that are mild may be self limited and not need specific treatment and your doctor may instruct you over the phone just symptomatic treatment (like with any other flu symptoms) and staying home to avoid spreading. Based on the conversation by phone your doctor will tell you if he/she wants to see you in clinic.

Was the question asking whether the swine flu will affect how she behaves?
It seems kissing may be a problem risk-wise for the flu, even though it does not seem a high risk in general for stds. More risky for flu than BBBJ and all the other stuff.
If this becomes a bigger flu problem, then simply the exchange of hobbyists and providers in close quarters will be somewhat more risky. You can't wear masks!!
So like the airlines, just hope and pray it fizzles out over summer...

....get plenty of sleep, get plenty of exercise and drink lots of fluids.  Take your vitamins as well.  Washing your hands alot and keeping your hands away from your face is key though.

First the media does an INCREDIBLY stupid job on their reporting.

catching the flu in Mexico City, and comparing that to catching the flu in downtown Chicago, New York, or for that matter Houston is totally different, as the disease will most likely run a different course.

Flu, much as other respiratory viral infections will run a predictable course of infection.  We can actually treat most of the symptoms which actually do help the patient get better.  Some of these are fever, dehydration, secondary infections, depletion of nutrients and sneezing coughing and the ills associated with upper respiratory discomfort and distress.

In Mexico City, while the docs there know what to do, they do NOT have the facilities, infrastructure nor the funds (underfunded nationalized health care) to treat the ill.  The case in Houston was a child who contracted the disease in Mexico.  What we have been telling folks for years in this country will work - get plenty of bed rest, drink lots of fluids and take something for fever.  If you do go to the doctor for the flu symptoms, CALL AHEAD to make an appointment and make sure you relay that you think you have the flu.  That way, they may arrange to see you in a way that does not expose other patients to the flu.  If a friend, family member or other loved one gets the flu and is unable to arrange to go to their doctors office, call the hospital, and arrange with them how best to trasport the patient.

Remember, in all other flu outbreaks there have been DEATHS in other countries, but that is largly due to how they handle flu outbreaks and the access to medicines that can be used to control the symptoms of the flu, as well as common sense isolation techniques.  Me?  When I get the flu???  I stay home, and try to catch up on my reading.  But to be honest, mostly I sleep - as that is natures natural response to the flu.  As a couple of the inflammatory regulatory molecules, TNF Alpha and IL-1 (Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1998 Sep 29;856:148-59) induce sleep (as a matter of curiosity the portion of these molecules that induces sleep is different from the segment that induces the fever response).  So sleep is planned by the body, fever is planned by the body....

it is highly likely that if you do these things, unless you are immunocompromised, you will get better, even if you catch the flu.