Vaccine Distribution Plans and A 9/11 Retrospective

The Disaster Podcast team is back with a look at vaccine distribution plans in the U.S. during the pandemic. Jim Logan from Paragon Medical Education Group comes back on the show after assuming a role in his local health department to help with vaccine dispersal and administration plans.

After a brief discussion on recent weather trends and the activity in the tropics for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with Becky Depodwin, we do a deep dive into how vaccines will be released after due scientific approval following all appropriate patient trials have proven safety and efficacy.

The team wraps up the show with a retrospective on the nineteenth anniversary of 9/11. Sam Bradley recounts her experiences during deployment to Ground Zero at the site of the World Trade Center tower collapse following the attacks. Dr. Joe Holley and Jim Logan share a few powerful personal stories from their deployment as part of the USAR teams at the Pentagon after the attacks. All agree this day is a special one we must remember.

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Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.