http://www.bloggernews.net/15173 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:53:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/15173#comment-2438 Nancy Reyes Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:32:24 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15173#comment-2438 People seem to think that the big father in washington has to be in charge of these things. A lot of the public health preparedness is similar to that for the flu or non bioterror diseases. It will involve the local EMS system that responds to disasters, and most hospitals already have disaster drills in place, including where to put the mildly ill patients and the patients that will be triaged as "almost dead don't bother". When there was the anthrax attack, there were quite a few guidelines for smallpox issued. They had plans in detail on how to immunize, how to use schools, etc. as sites and who to draft to help. But as in most disasters, stuff will go wrong. And a lot of money will be wasted. So what else is new? People seem to think that the big father in washington has to be in charge of these things.
A lot of the public health preparedness is similar to that for the flu or non bioterror diseases. It will involve the local EMS system that responds to disasters, and most hospitals already have disaster drills in place, including where to put the mildly ill patients and the patients that will be triaged as “almost dead don’t bother”.
When there was the anthrax attack, there were quite a few guidelines for smallpox issued. They had plans in detail on how to immunize, how to use schools, etc. as sites and who to draft to help.
But as in most disasters, stuff will go wrong. And a lot of money will be wasted. So what else is new?

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