Abstract
We cannot look at the legal issues of pandemic influenza in a vacuum. This paper attempts to identify the legal issues at stake during a pandemic and how those issues need to be discussed as a whole when preparing for a pandemic. Part II of this paper will give a brief description of pandemic influenza and look at the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. Part III will examine the origins of legal authority during a pandemic at the federal, state, and local levels of government. Part IV will look at some of the specific legal issues that may arise during a pandemic and discuss what decision-makers need to be thinking about in order to plan comprehensively. Part V will conclude by determining whether or not Virginia is legally prepared for pandemic influenza.
Recommended Citation
Kristen DiGirolam,
Legal Preparedness for Pandemic Influenza: Is Virginia Ready,
13
Rich. J.L. & Pub. Int.
385
(2010).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolpi/vol13/iss3/5