Ly Theresa, Selgelid M J, Kerridge I
MBBS, Sydney, Australia.
J Law Med. 2007 Oct;15(2):296-302.
There is increasing global concern about the potential impact of pandemic infections, including influenza, SARS and bioterrorist attacks involving infectious diseases. Many countries have prepared plans for responding to a major pandemic. In Australia, the Federal and State pandemic plans include measures such as contact tracing, ensuring availability of antimicrobials, quarantine and social distancing. Many of these measures would involve severe restrictions on individual citizens and small businesses. Issues of compensation for cooperation and compliance with pandemic plans need to be addressed in policy discussion. The instrumental benefits of compensation in the event of a pandemic have not been sufficiently recognised. Greater attention paid now to mechanisms to compensate individual and business costs associated with compliance would increase trust in government pandemic plans, encourage compliance and reduce the health and economic impact of a pandemic.
全球对大流行感染（包括流感、非典）以及涉及传染病的生物恐怖袭击的潜在影响日益关注。许多国家已制定应对重大大流行的计划。在澳大利亚，联邦和州的大流行计划包括接触者追踪、确保抗菌药物供应、检疫和社交距离等措施。其中许多措施将对公民个人和小企业进行严格限制。在政策讨论中需要解决对配合和遵守大流行计划的补偿问题。大流行发生时补偿的工具性益处尚未得到充分认识。现在更加关注补偿与遵守计划相关的个人和企业成本的机制，将增强对政府大流行计划的信任，鼓励遵守并减少大流行对健康和经济的影响。
