VA’s flu vaccination program: hearing before the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, House of Representatives

Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006. LC Number: KF27 .V462 2005a OCLC Number: (OCoLC)77713276 Subject: Influenza — United States — Prevention. Excerpt: … 12 predict the severity and impact of an influenza pandemic, whether from h5n1 virus currently circulating in asia, in europe or the emer-gency of another influenza virus of pandemic potential. however, modeling studies that a medium-level pandemic could result in 89 to 170,000 death. a more severe pandemic, as happened in 1918, could have a much greater impact. there are several important points to note about pandemic, about influenza. First, pandemics happen. There were three during the past century. second, the capacity to intervene and control the spread of the virus, once it gains the ability for sustain person-to-per-son transmission, will be extremely limited. an outbreak anywhere in the world increases the risk everywhere. Third, H5N1 avian influenza strain that is circulating in Asia among birds, is currently considered the leading candidate to cause the next pandemic. However, it is possible that another influenza virus which could originate anywhere in the world, could cause the next pandemic. this uncertainty is one reason we need ongoing laboratory surveil-lance on influenza viruses that affect humans. and, fourth, because early detection means having more time to re-spond, it is critical for the united states to collaborate with domestic and global partners to expand any strength the scope of early warn-ing surveillance activities. In the United States, the HHS pandemic influenza plan is a blue-print for pandemic influenza preparedness and response and pro-vides guidance to national, state and local policymakers in health departments with the goal of achieving a national state of readiness and quick response. among CDC’s roles in preparation for a pandemic, we are work-ing to ensure that states have sufficient epidemiologic and lab…

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