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WF 2011 Live: Student voices

On January 11, 2011, in Breaking news, Reports from the Forum, Session IV: Pandemics, Perception, and the Power of Stigma, Student Voices, Video reflections, by srl18@duke.edu

A Duke student responds to the question, “What did you learn from Session IV: Pandemics, Perception, and the Power of Stigma, lead by Dr. Broverman and Dr. Wald?”

Tagged with: Dr. Broverman • Dr. Wald • media • public • reflection • Student voices

Breaking news: Session IV

On January 11, 2011, in Breaking news, Reports from the Forum, by srl18@duke.edu

Tagged with: China • Dr. Broverman • Dr. Wald • Influenza • Mexican farm workers • North Carolina • surveillance

Day II Session II Recap

On January 10, 2011, in Session II: Hard Choices, by ctl11@duke.edu

Tagged with: allocation • Dr. Broverman • Dr. Wald • public health • quarantine • reflection • social fairness • strategy • Vaccination Prioritization

Team Viral (5) Vaccination Priorities

On January 10, 2011, in Faculty, Staff, and/or MSc-GH student notes, Session II: Hard Choices, Team Viral, by kkh17@duke.edu

Tier 1: are required to receive the vaccine

- Select government officials (mayor, governor, president, cabinet, Congress, Supreme Court)

- Healthcare/emergency service workers (in direct patient contact)

- Vaccine producers

Tier 2: (tier 2 and below have the choice to refuse the vaccine, which will then be given to the next person of a waiting list)

- Pregnant women

- Public safety

- Active duty domestic military

- Utility workers (workers necessary for basic societal functions)

- IT/telecomm

- Undertakers

Tier 3:

- Other healthcare workers

- Ages 6 – 24

Tier 4:

- Everyone else unless in tier 5

Tier 5: lowest priority group

- Terminal illness

- Prisoners

Tagged with: allocation • Dr. Brodhead • Dr. Kramer • Dr. Wald • priorities • rationing • social fairness • strategy • vaccination • Vaccination Prioritization

The Flu Fighters’ Vaccine Prioritization Schedule

On January 10, 2011, in Faculty, Staff, and/or MSc-GH student notes, Session II: Hard Choices, The Flu Fighters, by Lexi Antunez

Tier 1- Healthcare frontline, vaccine workers

100%

Tier 2- Ages 13-55, priority to government leaders, public health, military, police, fire

75%

Ages 13-55, priority to utility and transportation workers, telecommunications and IT, undertakers, religious/community leaders, women aged 20-40

40%

Tier 3- Rest of people aged 13-55

Healthy people 7-12

Healthy 6mo-6y and 55-64

Healthy people 65+

Tier 4- people 6mo-64y at risk

Tier 5- Ages 65+ at risk

Must complete each Tier or percentage requirement before start next one

Lottery if can’t complete tier- Non-Transferable

Ranked within tiers

Tagged with: allocation • Dr. Ariely • Dr. Broverman • Dr. Wald • Influenza • rationing • social fairness • vaccination • Vaccination Prioritization

Determinants of Value: Racism, Ageism, Economism oh my!

On January 10, 2011, in Reports from the Forum, Session II: Hard Choices, by ctl11@duke.edu

Dr. Wald brings up the major issues of what determinants should be used to choose the recipients of a limited supply of vaccine.

How can we avoid racism, ageism, economism, among other potential bias in the measure systems?

What is the most socially just way?

Tagged with: agenda • costs and benefits • Dr. Broverman • Dr. Wald • mandatory vaccination • mortality • quarantine • rationing • social fairness

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