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| Oct 17 2008, 1:16 PM EDT (current) | CatherineMitchell | 313 words added, 20 words deleted |
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Due to the overwhelming lack of information reaching the general public and the length of time needed to educate and inform people of the very serious nature of pandemic influenza the American citizens will not be prepared to deal with the fallout of this infectious disease. Many factors such as "just-in-time" delivery of goods, current economic realities, and lack of general preparedness changewill cause deaths beyond what the namepandemic itself will cause. Increasingly it is becoming apparent that there exists in this country a serious digital divide. People with computers and knowledge of how to use technology have access to this page,information literally at their fingertips while those not utilizing technology are being left behind.
The federal government has left such decisions up to the states, the state have left such decisions up to the counties of local jurisdictions. Local jurisdictions do not have professional manning the posts in their boards of health and in rural areas they are largely not preparing due to lack of funding and the overwhelming burden of preparedness.
This is the first time that we have been able to prepare for a pandemic and startI am concerned that we postingare information.losing Treatvaluable thesetime. pagesPandemic Influenza typically hits hardest those with robust immune systems like wikipediachildren and young adults. I fear the anger of the US Citizens when they realize that they have not been --given writesufficient aboutheads yourup field,in offerorder explanations,for etc...them to protect their children and the youth of this nation.
How will you ensure that ALL citizens of the United States, regardless of disability or other inability such as lack of access to online information, receive lifesaving preparedness information while there is still time to prepare - and not after a state of emergency has already been declared as is the current plan for many of our state and local governments?
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My question to both candidates would be...Due to the overwhelming lack of information reaching the general public and the length of time needed to educate and inform people of the very serious nature of pandemic influenza the American citizens will not be prepared to deal with the fallout of this infectious disease. Many factors such as "just-in-time" delivery of goods, current economic realities, and lack of general preparedness changewill cause deaths beyond what the namepandemic itself will cause. Increasingly it is becoming apparent that there exists in this country a serious digital divide. People with computers and knowledge of how to use technology have access to this page,information literally at their fingertips while those not utilizing technology are being left behind.
The federal government has left such decisions up to the states, the state have left such decisions up to the counties of local jurisdictions. Local jurisdictions do not have professional manning the posts in their boards of health and in rural areas they are largely not preparing due to lack of funding and the overwhelming burden of preparedness.
This is the first time that we have been able to prepare for a pandemic and startI am concerned that we postingare information.losing Treatvaluable thesetime. pagesPandemic Influenza typically hits hardest those with robust immune systems like wikipediachildren and young adults. I fear the anger of the US Citizens when they realize that they have not been --given writesufficient aboutheads yourup field,in offerorder explanations,for etc...them to protect their children and the youth of this nation.
How will you ensure that ALL citizens of the United States, regardless of disability or other inability such as lack of access to online information, receive lifesaving preparedness information while there is still time to prepare - and not after a state of emergency has already been declared as is the current plan for many of our state and local governments?
