The link below leads to the following document:
“WHO pandemic influenza draft protocol for rapid response and containment”
It has a January, 2006 date and probably has been mentioned and discussed on the forum before, though I do not remember it if it has. The reason for starting this new thread is for the purpose of discussing the relationship of this protocol and what has happened in Indonesia the past few months, specifically the Cikelet area outbreak and the Tamiflu blanket that was distributed and the fairly widespread distribution of Tamiflu in regional health centers on the island of Sulawesi. If you have not read this document, please do so. A case in point why it should be read: On page 12 of the document is an explantion of when the WHO Pandemic Phase will be changed and who makes the decision.
There is much in this document that sheds light on why certain actions are being taken in Indonesia. Please read first, then comment on this thread.
Okieman
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Interesting point on page 15 of 15:
“Given that some potential actions such as quarantine and movement restrictions can
raise questions related to individual liberties, ethicists will be brought into the
planning process.”
I also note that the timeline for implementation states, “May and onwards • Start training of staff for the rapid response teams.” Is there indication that such training has actually started?
Oh, and one other item of interest (my emphasis added):
International field teams will be deployed to a country only at the request of that country. WHO will use the GOARN mechanism to assemble and deploy a team of responders. Each team will be configured to address the tasks at hand, but a typical team may consist of a 1) a team leader, 2) epidemiologists (some with clinical backgrounds), 3) laboratory testing experts; 4) communication specialists (media and community relations specialists); 5) data base managers; 6) infection control specialists, 7) a logistician; and 8) an ethicist. If quarantine is instituted, the team will be split with some members within the quarantine zone and others outside the zone.
On page 2 in regards to why they need to institute containment procedures… they list some additional benefits even if the containment ultimately fails.
“Each day gained (because of containment measures) following the emergence of a pandemic virus – if rapidly detected – allows the production of around 5 million doses of a pandemic vaccine.”
Huh,.. I thought it was 6 months just to get to the manufacturing stage, let the alone additional time for a significant number of doses actually produced, delivered and distributed… and here they are telling us they can do 5 million a day?
I haven’t been keeping up on the Vax threads.. is there something new in the works that allows this process to happen more rapidly than I was aware of 6 months ago?
Eduk8or. Nope…nothing has changed.
Our friends at the World Health Organization seem to think that it doesn’t matter what they say to us (the general public who pay their wages) because we are…
…’as dumb as a post’…that is their first mistake…unfortunately they are not the only ones who lose from their mistakes.
[b]Okieman – at 10:57 wrote: [/b]
The link below leads to the following document:
“WHO pandemic influenza draft protocol for rapid response and containment”
On page 12 of the document is an explantion of when the WHO Pandemic Phase will be changed and who makes the decision.”
27 January 2006
Once a country identifies a signal suggesting person-to-person transmission of a novel influenza virus, the country is expected to immediately begin investigations and simultaneously notify WHO of the event.
A WHO decision to change the phase of pandemic alert will be made separately from the decision to initiate a rapid response or rapid containment effort.
The decision to declare a phase change will be made by the WHO Director-General after briefings and consultation with WHO technical staff, the WHO Pandemic Task Force, and other advisers as deemed necessary by the Director-General.
(excerpt)
Recombinomics Commentary June 3, 2006
“….comments from Donald McNeil Jr’s New York Times report, “Human Flu Transfers May Exceed Reports,” suggests that movement from Level 3 to Level 4 is not necessary because Level 4 and Level 5 are being phased out. Once H5N1 achieves efficient transmission as defined by transmittion by causal contract on a pare with transmission by a cold virus, the final Pandemic level will have been reached.
The current system, which uses six phases, is designed to identify two intermediate phases (4 and 5) which represent increasing efficiencies of transmission. These changes mark progress toward increased efficiency, but at an early stage when intervention may limit progression.
The description of level 4 above, is really the current phase 6, which is efficient and sustained human transmission. Transmission of a cold virus is efficient and sustained, which would also apply to H5N1.” (excerpt)
this was discussed here with a simulation scenario of HCW infections. Please post your comments to the end of that thread which is re-opened for discussion.
This thread is closed,