Compare and contrast these three approaches. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each approach?

Mass dispensing of medical countermeasures

Following an aerosol release of anthrax, mass dispensing of medical countermeasures would be needed to limit morbidity and mortality. Multiple approaches to medical countermeasure dispensing in the form of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) have been examined: 1) points of dispensing (PODs), 2) pre-positioning of medical countermeasures, and 3) using the US Postal Service to distribute PEP.

Compare and contrast these three approaches. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each approach?

If you were in charge of planning for a jurisdiction and could only select one or two approaches, which approach(es) would you choose and why?

You need to use current, reliable sources to answer this question. You must provide details and cite information from reliable sources, using APA style, for this assignment. 3 Sources provided – you can choose 2 other professional reference/sources. 500 – 600 words total