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with 16000 HCW in the UK out of work sick right now with H1N1 I think all HCW should get the vax. Mandatory. You guys go down... and we all follow.

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Hi all, Havent checked in here for a while. My original post was for H5N1 but i am fascinated by the challenge H1N1 posses. While not as deadly as a potential H5N1 Pandemic, H1N1 is still pretty bad. People getting very sick and many dying. A real P...

Check: Pandemic Prep http://www.getpandemicready.org Pandemic discussion and news http://www.singtomeohmuse.com/viewforum.php?f=1 CIDRAP info http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/panflu/news/sep2208cbo.html

FYI - Not H5N1 bt see how the HCW respond when not enough PPE is available? Uganda: Union Urges Medics to Quit Ebola-Hit Area The Nation (Nairobi) 7 December 2007 Kampala "The Uganda Medical Workers Union, an umbrella association of about 20,000 ...

Dont know how long this site will stay up but a very interesting dialog between the people and the HHS/CDC/DHS on Pandemic Vaccine Priority http://www.webdialogues.net/cs/panflu-engage-home/view/di/104?x-t=home

Join in the dialogue here http://www.webdialogues.net/cs/panflu-engage-home/view/di/104?x-t=home.view A Public Engagement Dialogue Conducted in Cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Welcome to the dialogue on Vaccinat...

here is a link to the actual document http://www.pandemicflu.gov/vaccine/prioritization.html here is the link for joining http://www.aspe.hhs.gov/panflu/FRN%20PanFluVaccinePriorityGuide.htm

Indigo Girl - by the looks of it, we are heading for an extremely severe pandemic targeting the young and health, with no vaccine, too few antivirals, an almost non existent nursing staff & uninformed public. In other words - very big trouble. So...

We have a team of Moms at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C. November 3-7, 2007. and this is the report SusanC posted from today from flu Wikie - http://www.newfluwiki2.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=...

Has anyone addressed the "other essential" workers in a hospital setting who without the hospital would come to a grinding halt? Like the cleaning crews, Laundry crews, stocking/loading/unloading crews, kitchen crews? No clean sheets could be a big p...

I have posted the link to this discussion on HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt's blog here http://secretarysblog.hhs.gov/my_weblog/2007/10/express-lane-sc.html#comments

indigo girl, That is an excellent link. This has been an eye opening thread to say the least. Nurses will be the front line and by the sound of it... the lines will be very porous.

what it would take to make you willing to work under circumstances such as I have described. What would you want? PPE -- OK, which ones? N95s enough or would you want a higher grade perhaps even 1/2 masks with P-100 filters, goggles? or would you r...

Ms. Patton, President of the American Nurses Association participated in an online blog for HHS about Pandemic Flu. here http://blog.pandemicflu.gov/ It is a fascinating read. I implore all here to write to her and ask her help in securing Proper PPE...

If you do not go "into" work, will you assist neighbors asking for help to care for their sick family members? Would you volunteer to help in your community?

IG - sadly i think they are watching and reading but not taking any action beyond the status quo of "the miracle vaccine". In private I bet those same people are prepping like crazy.... but will hang us all out to dry.

Reading these responses reminds me of parts from Barry's "The Great Influenza" where the Gov forced nurses to work. Many nurses I spoke with have told me they didn't believe in "the pandemic" or that the "magical" vax will be there for them. It is ha...

Rebecca Patton, President, American Nurses Association, just posted a blog at the new HHS Pandemic Flu Blog. Please join the conversation. We need all of you. http://blog.pandemicflu.gov/

Rebecca Patton, President, American Nurses Association, just posted a blog at the new HHS Pandemic Flu Blog. Please join the conversation. We need all of you. http://blog.pandemicflu.gov/

There is a Pandemic Planning meeting in New Canaan this wed night - 4/11/07 here is the info. Please try and attend http://newcanaanready.org/