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them? Who will pay for vaccines, antibiotics, or antiviral medicines?
How will vaccines, antibiotics, and antiviral medicines be distributed? How much
time will be needed? Where can people be vaccinated, get antibiotics, or get
anti-viral medicines? If there is a shortage, who will get priority? Who will make
these decisions?
What should people do if they think they have the disease?
Do you recommend that people get vaccinated, take antibiotics, or take antiviral
medicines now? How long does protection last?
Is the vaccine, antibiotic, or antiviral medicine licensed and approved? What is the
expiration date? Should people be concerned?
Is the vaccine, antibiotic, or antiviral medicine safe? Who should not get
vaccinated, should not take antibiotics, or should not take antiviral medicines?
What can these people do to protect themselves?
Who will tell people when to get vaccinated, take antibiotics, or take antiviral
medicines?
Is there an adequate supply of medicines available to treat complications from
getting the vaccine, from taking antibiotics, or from taking antiviral medicine?
What are the alternatives to vaccination, antibiotics, or antiviral medicine?
How safe are people who get vaccinated, take antibiotics, or take antiviral
medicine?
Do you have a contingency plan if current control measures fail?
What does the contingency plan say? What is the worst case?
Who developed and approved the plan?
What is the risk to the population? How many could die?
How prepared were you for the disease outbreak?
How do you know whether the outbreak is real? Could it be a false alarm?
If people get sick from the vaccination, from taking antibiotics, or from taking
antiviral medicine, who will care for their families, pets, homes, and property?
How common are side effects from vaccination, taking antibiotics, or taking
antiviral medicine? What are the risks of each side effect occurring?
Can pets and farm animals be vaccinated, take antibiotic, or take antiviral
medicine?
Can people with HIV/AIDS, transplants, cancer, and other causes of weakened
immune systems be treated?
Can the elderly and children be treated?
What are you recommending for your own family?
How long does it take for the vaccination, antibiotics, or antiviral medicine to
protect people against the disease?
Are there people who will not be protected even after getting vaccinated, taking
antibiotics, or taking antiviral medicine? How many people are in this category?
What are their options?
How can people keep the disease from spreading to others?
Will people be forced to be vaccinated, take antibiotics, or take antiviral medicine?
Will infected people be isolated or quarantined?
How long will quarantine and isolation last?