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Can the US handle an epidemic?
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<blockquote data-quote="RDKirk" data-source="post: 71263710" data-attributes="member: 326155"><p>It's not that complicated. If an epidemic (or, say, a biological attack) was declared and the CDC advised everyone to be immunized, prescriptions and screenings would not be necessary. That was the case, for instance, with the recent shingles spin for older adults (now that I think of it...why did they stop running those PSAs? Did shingles disappear? Or did old folk?).</p><p></p><p>The problem, though, is that we would still be dependent on a for-profit logistics and delivery system that is only set up for profit. It would not be able to handle a sudden swell of requirements: Lines wrapping around the local Walgreen, and Walgreen isn't going to build new stores just to accommodate a one-time emergency.</p><p></p><p>IMO, immunization is one area of health care that should be totally nationalized for the sake of national security. Drugstores will not be able to respond to a biological attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDKirk, post: 71263710, member: 326155"] It's not that complicated. If an epidemic (or, say, a biological attack) was declared and the CDC advised everyone to be immunized, prescriptions and screenings would not be necessary. That was the case, for instance, with the recent shingles spin for older adults (now that I think of it...why did they stop running those PSAs? Did shingles disappear? Or did old folk?). The problem, though, is that we would still be dependent on a for-profit logistics and delivery system that is only set up for profit. It would not be able to handle a sudden swell of requirements: Lines wrapping around the local Walgreen, and Walgreen isn't going to build new stores just to accommodate a one-time emergency. IMO, immunization is one area of health care that should be totally nationalized for the sake of national security. Drugstores will not be able to respond to a biological attack. [/QUOTE]
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