Compare and contrast these three approaches. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each approach?
1) Following an aerosol release of anthrax, mass dispensing of medical countermeasures would be needed to limit morbidity and mortality. Multiple approaches to medical countermeasure dispensing in the form of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) have been examined: 1) points of dispensing (PODs), 2) pre-positioning of medical countermeasures, and 3) using the US Postal Service to distribute […]