TOPIC: What is Pandemic Flu/How Will Vaccine be Used?

FOCUS POINT: Pandemic Scenarios: What Would be the Story of Pandemic Influenza in “Ourtown”?

Participants in this part of the dialogue will discuss ways that an outbreak of pandemic influenza might affect a place similar to where they live. The discussion will focus on the normal public health measures that may be taken in different urban, suburban and rural situations, the way that the course of the pandemic will be affected by various lengths of delay in availability of vaccine, and the way that disease burden will vary depending on the severity of strain of the pandemic influenza. The discussion will also include deliberation on the way that pandemic influenza will probably affect the four population groups that form the basic strategy of the Draft Guidance. Participants should review the scenarios of urban and suburban experiences described at this website.

Desired outcome: Clear understanding of the context in which the Draft Guidance would be needed so that participants can most effectively consider how this Guidance would affect us all in the face of pandemic influenza.

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