Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. It is important to ensure that emergency planning measures are balanced among society's and people's needs.

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016.

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Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The same shortcomings were present in the 2005 London bombings, as were others (for example, the way in which 'major incident' as declared). Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures. With thanks to Mr Tony Moore for his observations and guidance.

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