Reference no: EM133241550

Problem:

A severe worldwide outbreak of a flu caused by a respiratory virus has occurred. It threatens everybody in your community (healthy young people as well as the very old and very young). You cannot count on receiving federal assistance during this pandemic. This deadly flu has already killed people in your community and exposure to the flu is expected. Anybody who has not been vaccinated will succumb to the flu and most likely die. Effective vaccines exist in limited supply. There are enough vaccines to treat more than half of the community members during the first wave of the pandemic.

There are ten people who require the vaccine at this time and you can only treat six. The four individuals who do not receive the vaccine will most likely die.

Choose six of the following ten people who you think should receive the flu vaccine and discuss why you made those choices.

• 35 year old woman who thinks she is six weeks pregnant
• 2 year old with autism who was recently orphaned
• 59 year old nurses' aide who has diabetes, is obese, and works at a long term care facility
• 75 year old is reasonable healthy for age who has 5 children and 10 grandchildren
• 13 year old twins who have asthma
• 46 year old doctor
• 28 year old elementary school teacher
• 41 year old mother and 9 year old son; the mother is refusing treatment so her son can receive a vaccine