id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-007681-vhghhvnu Schwartz, Benjamin Prioritization of Pandemic Influenza Vaccine: Rationale and Strategy for Decision Making 2009-06-15 .txt text/plain 5047 182 32 Factors contributing to the decision to reassess the recommendations included a shift in national pandemic planning assumptions to a more severe pandemic scenario extrapolated from the 1918 pandemic (Table 1 ); recognition that the HHS guidance did not include groups that could be considered for prioritization such as border protection personnel or the military; a broader understanding of the risk to essential services stimulated by the NIAC report; and a series of public engagement meetings convened by the CDC, where participants identified protecting essential community services as the most important goal for pandemic vaccination rather than protecting those who are at highest risk (Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza 2005). Reflecting the similar value placed by the public on protecting persons who provide pandemic healthcare, who maintain essential community services or are at high occupational risk, and protecting children, each of the highest vaccination tiers for a severe pandemic includes groups from each category (Table 4) . ./cache/cord-007681-vhghhvnu.txt ./txt/cord-007681-vhghhvnu.txt