http://pandemicchronicle.com/2008/08/australian-doctors-severe-pandemic/ Chronicling what we know, assume and guess, and what it may, or may not, mean. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pandemicchronicle.com/2008/08/australian-doctors-severe-pandemic/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Joel Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://pandemicchronicle.com/2008/08/australian-gp%e2%80%99s-and-a-severe-pandemic/#comment-120 An interesting wrinkle to this issue are the laws in MD and SC that require medical personnel to work in a declared health emergency. In my work as a pandemic planner I have encountered some people who feel this compulsion (and its included threat of prosecution) are sufficient preparation to avoid having medical personnel opt out of reporting, which is clearly not the case. The stick only goes so far... An interesting wrinkle to this issue are the laws in MD and SC that require medical personnel to work in a declared health emergency. In my work as a pandemic planner I have encountered some people who feel this compulsion (and its included threat of prosecution) are sufficient preparation to avoid having medical personnel opt out of reporting, which is clearly not the case. The stick only goes so far…

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