UW Oshkosh

Spanish Flu 1918

The "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, which caused 20-50 million deaths worldwide, remains an ominous warning to public health.

6. Public Gathering Policies

Should there be a restriction on mass gatherings? School closings? Church closings? Public Library Closings? Theater Closings? List the types of public gatherings that may be restricted if a pandemic were to occur.

Oshkosh Community Pandemic Flu Questions

The plan is divided into 12 sections

  1. Individual preparedness (stockpiling food, water, masks, medicines, miscellaneous)
  2. Create an emergency workforce team (who will be on this team)
  3. Role of the Media (educating the community)
  4. Community Communication (e.g. moving goods and services)
  5. Quarantine measures /Prevention/Travel/Curfews/Crime Prevention
  6. Public gathering policies
  7. Hospitals
  8. Pharmacies/Health Plans/Stockpiling Antiviral Drugs
  9. Long-term care, including nursing home residents and elderly living alone
  10. Vaccines
  11. City Issues (garbage collection, electricity, water treatment, burial procedures, business plans)
  12. Oshkosh Board of Health Role