Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Prioritization: Rationale and Process Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: Doses Administered and Safety Training Conference Tom Shimabukuro, MD, MPH, MBA Immunization Services Division Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) August 21, 2008
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Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Prioritization:Rationale and Process
Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: Doses Administered and Safety Training Conference
Tom Shimabukuro, MD, MPH, MBAImmunization Services Division
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
August 21, 2008
Goal
• The goal of the pandemic influenza vaccination program is to vaccinate all persons in the U.S. who choose to be vaccinated
• However:– Vaccine supply will not be available all at once– Decisions on who will be vaccinated first will have to be made– Overarching objectives are to reduce the impact on health
and minimize disruption to society and the economy
– “Politicians, those cheerleading panderers who are useless in an emergency, should be stuck at the bottom with the rest of us.”
The findings and conclusions in this presentation have not been formally disseminated by CDC and should not be construed to represent any agency determination or policy.