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Lowell Pandemic Influenza Public Discussion Summary Report
On April 18, 2006, the Lowell Pandemic Influenza Public Discussion was held at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell, MA. The Lowell event was the first of a possible series of public discussion sessions being held across the state as part of the Massachusetts Pandemic Flu Public Participation Project.
The Lowell Pandemic Influenza Public Discussion was a follow-up effort to two related events. First, at the state and national level, the event was an effort to continue the involvement of the public in pandemic planning that was initiated through the Pandemic Flu Vaccination Priorities Public Engagement Pilot Project. Massachusetts was one of three states to participate in the pilot project. As part of the pilot project, in September 2005, Massachusetts held a meeting with 40 people from around the state to discuss priority groups for influenza vaccine during a pandemic.
Secondly, at the city and regional level, this event followed the
"Avian Influenza Pandemic Conference" of the Program on Homeland
Security at Middlesex Community College, which was held in Lowell on
December 6, 2005. The conference attracted 200 attendees from
five
states, representing eighty-five institutions and agencies from higher
education, health care,federal, state and local government, organized
labor and private companies.