tailieunhanh - Bóa cáo y học: "Reaction to the threat of influenza pandemic: the mass media and the public"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Reaction to the threat of influenza pandemic: the mass media and the public. | Available online http content 10 2 408 Letter Reaction to the threat of influenza pandemic the mass media and the public Matthew E Falagas1 2 and Ismene J Kiriaze1 1Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences AIBS Athens Greece 2Department of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Boston Massachusetts USA Corresponding author Matthew E Falagas Published 24 April 2006 This article is online at http content 10 2 408 2006 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2006 10 408 doi cc4910 During the past few months we witnessed two phases in the reaction of the public in Greece to the threat of an influenza pandemic. Initially during October 2005 practically all mass media in the country devoted extensive time to the coverage of various aspects of the outbreak of avian influenza. An overflow of information from the media targeted the general public who did not have prior knowledge of this type of influenza and who were not aware of the possibility of such a pandemic. The psychological impact to the public that was caused by the media was intense. The reaction of the public for self-preservation under this psychological condition was to rely on the immediate use of influenza vaccine. As a result more than one million influenza vaccine doses were sold mainly over the counter people were vaccinated without risk assessment or without priority being given to those more vulnerable to influenza. This led to a situation where a considerable number of people who are in need of the influenza vaccine including the elderly and immunocompromised patients are deprived of the availability of the vaccine. Surprisingly after the overwhelming coverage of the possibility of an influenza pandemic from the media during October 2005 the follow-up on the issue was almost complete silence during November and December 2005 this manuscript was written prior to the occurrence of human cases of avian influenza in Turkey in January 2006 . The alarmed state .

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