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

COMMENT THREAD

• Legal Compliance - My Opinion
  

  Submitted by Benjamin Krakauer on 12/4/07 06:42 AM

  • Education and screening
    

    Submitted by Joel Palmer on 12/4/07 06:51 AM

    • education measures
      

      Submitted by Holly Reischman on 12/4/07 09:36 AM

      • Who is turning the deaf ear.
        

        Submitted by Mona Wenger on 12/4/07 10:21 AM

        • deaf ears
          

          Submitted by Holly Reischman on 12/5/07 09:42 AM

    • Training of Community Access Point Healthcare professionals
      

      Submitted by Mitchel Rothholz on 12/4/07 02:12 PM

  • asymptomatic carriers
    

    Submitted by Catherine Jackie Mitchell on 12/4/07 08:45 AM

    • Blanket containment dangerous
      

      Submitted by Greg Ewert on 12/5/07 01:43 AM

      • blanket containment vs isolation and quarantine
        

        Submitted by Brant Goode   on 12/5/07 04:48 AM

  • Start Changing the Culture Around Flu Now
    

    Submitted by Heather Jensen on 12/4/07 10:48 AM

    • Health Care Culture needs change
      

      Submitted by Nick Kelley on 12/4/07 11:44 AM

      • absolute necessity
        

        Submitted by Catherine Jackie Mitchell on 12/5/07 05:55 AM

    • Will local government pick up where companies leave off?
      

      Submitted by Debra Mattas on 12/4/07 12:01 PM

      • Will the populatoin be confined to their homes for 90 days per wave?
        

        Submitted by Caroline Bridgers on 12/4/07 01:19 PM

        • isolation and quarantine
          

          Submitted by Brant Goode   on 12/4/07 01:31 PM

    • times have changed
      

      Submitted by Terry Laura on 12/4/07 03:08 PM

• resistance will be futile
  

  Submitted by Roy Kamen on 12/4/07 06:43 AM

  • Asymptomatic
    

    Submitted by Joel Palmer on 12/4/07 06:53 AM

    • Asymptomatic transmissability
      

      Submitted by Kelly Cruse on 12/4/07 07:06 AM

      • We DO have some control
        

        Submitted by Ellen Rice on 12/4/07 07:16 AM

        • Agreed
          

          Submitted by Kelly Cruse on 12/4/07 07:37 AM

          • naysayers and those crying wolf
            

            Submitted by Catherine Jackie Mitchell on 12/4/07 08:48 AM

        • close schools early
          

          Submitted by larry wright on 12/5/07 01:44 PM

    • Informing the public NOW is important
      

      Submitted by Ellen Rice on 12/4/07 07:12 AM

      • Socio-Economic Problem as well?
        

        Submitted by Allison Merrick on 12/4/07 09:15 AM

        • Sick leave
          

          Submitted by Mona Wenger on 12/4/07 10:26 AM

          • Work-related strategies
            

            Submitted by Sharon Hutchins on 12/4/07 04:54 PM

      • Sick Day Policies for Work
        

        Submitted by Glenda Ford-Lee on 12/5/07 07:24 AM

  • Work from home
    

    Submitted by Willie Hearns on 12/4/07 08:51 AM

    • Food for the people
      

      Submitted by Roy Kamen on 12/4/07 09:00 AM

    • Working from home
      

      Submitted by Kerry Kimble on 12/4/07 09:11 AM

      • Work from home? What about the customers?
        

        Submitted by Katharine Fisher on 12/4/07 10:35 AM

        • Impact on service/retail and tourism sector
          

          Submitted by John Carney on 12/4/07 01:56 PM

        • Idle workers due to lack of customers
          

          Submitted by Sharon Hutchins on 12/4/07 04:57 PM

    • Working from Home
      

      Submitted by Glenda Ford-Lee on 12/5/07 07:26 AM

• Non-compliance
  

  Submitted by Joel Palmer on 12/4/07 06:47 AM

  • Community Buy-in and Education
    

    Submitted by Alice Weingartner on 12/4/07 07:17 AM

    • agreed
      

      Submitted by Roy Kamen on 12/4/07 07:30 AM

      • Caution with Media
        

        Submitted by Tammy Brown on 12/4/07 07:42 AM

        • Panic or complacency
          

          Submitted by Catherine Jackie Mitchell on 12/4/07 08:53 AM

          • And when better to panic? Now or later?
            

            Submitted by Katharine Fisher on 12/4/07 10:47 AM

            • the word panic
              

              Submitted by Holly Reischman on 12/6/07 07:37 AM

        • Panic from media coverage?
          

          Submitted by Sharon Hutchins on 12/4/07 05:08 PM

    • Different Responses
      

      Submitted by Catherine Jackie Mitchell on 12/4/07 08:51 AM

    • Synchronization Challenges-Example: School Closures!
      

      Submitted by Scott Hiipakka on 12/4/07 10:37 AM

      • Response to "Synchronization Challenges"
        

        Submitted by Susan Webb on 12/4/07 12:08 PM

      • Taking a State and Regional Approach to Planning and Response
        

        Submitted by Debra Mattas on 12/4/07 12:57 PM

      • Coordinating across jurisdictions
        

        Submitted by Sharon Hutchins on 12/4/07 05:11 PM

    • Being Prepared
      

      Submitted by Alison Lee on 12/4/07 04:25 PM

  • Non-compliance (continued)
    

    Submitted by Susan Webb on 12/4/07 12:31 PM

• In response to non-compliance with Guidance
  

  Submitted by Tammy Brown on 12/4/07 06:55 AM

  • compliance
    

    Submitted by Tanya Cassingham on 12/4/07 10:26 AM

    • Mortgage payments
      

      Submitted by Roy Kamen on 12/4/07 12:49 PM

• What if people don't comply with the guidance
  

  Submitted by Kerry Kernen on 12/4/07 07:34 AM

  • social distancing measure
    

    Submitted by Miriam Reynolds on 12/4/07 08:13 AM

    • "Social Distancing" - Public Health Needs Partners
      

      Submitted by Doug Fredericks on 12/4/07 09:32 AM

    • Education
      

      Submitted by Mona Wenger on 12/4/07 10:33 AM

  • compliance concerns
    

    Submitted by Susan Webb on 12/4/07 12:20 PM

• What if people don't comply with the Guidance?
  

  Submitted by Eleanor Peters   on 12/4/07 09:00 AM

• guidance
  

  Submitted by Tanya Silva on 12/4/07 09:01 AM