Question

With which entity should pharmacists collaborate to develop a standing order for vaccine administration

Answer 1

I feel that pharmacists should collaborate with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a standing order for vaccine administration. I also think that pharmacists may reach more people if they collaborate with secular charities (such as Charity:Water) that focus on delivering things like clean water to countries where such things are scarce. The reasons for this are as follows. The execution would depend on what the pharmacists want to achieve with this standing order. 1.) The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (hereafter noted as the CDC, since that's what most people say when they refer to it in everyday life) is Federally funded. If pharmacists collaborate with the CDC, they'll be more likely to be able to reach low-income Americans, who quite possibly need it the most. They'll also likely have access to more qualified medical personnel, who would be able to determine which vaccines can have the greatest impact for the lowest cost. 2.) The reason I suggested pharmacists work with international charities who try to bring clean water to people living in countries where such resources might be hard to come by: Most Americans, even impoverished Americans, have access to vaccination. (Whether they choose to take advantage of that is a question for another time.) I believe that providing basic preventative medical care is the first step to solving the myriad medical crises impoverished countries have to contend with, and one of the first steps to establishing preventative care is to provide high-quality vaccines to anyone who wants them. While I don't believe that providing vaccines will solve many of these problems, it can at least open channels through which other charitable organizations (like Doctors Without Borders) can provide their services and products. I also feel that the charity in question should be secular rather than religious because many countries with high impoverished populations also have high populations of people who belong to religions that wouldn't be served with appropriate sensitivity by a religious charity. I hope the answer to this question is helpful!