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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since 2008, pandemics have been top of the list of 96 threats and hazards in the UK National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies in all editions. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Since the late 20th century, the concept of anomie has been reinterpreted (Allan 2005, pp. Its antidotes are thought, reasoning, action, activism, and the application of ethics and morality. The tendency in research and policy advice is to assume that everyone in power has a strong desire to reduce hazards and threats.