2011 Emergency Planning Pandemic 
Emergency Planning
MAY 6, 2024
The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.
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. Exercise Cygnus Report.
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Emergency Planning
APRIL 24, 2022
Moreover, the Coronavirus pandemic has been widely used as a pretext for curtailing human rights. As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. Conversely, local events can have repercussions around the world.
Plan B Consulting
JUNE 24, 2021
Evergreen Container Ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal (Figure 1) The 2011 floods in Thailand (Figure 2) Fukushima Earthquake (Figure 3) These three incidents, for me, represent ‘traditional’ incidents. In a similar situation, in 2011, I worked for a high-tech company on a product that regulated traffic through internet pipes and cables.
Plan B Consulting
JUNE 24, 2021
Evergreen Container Ship getting stuck in the Suez Canal (Figure 1) The 2011 floods in Thailand (Figure 2) Fukushima Earthquake (Figure 3). Those who live in earthquake zones are very aware of the risks involved and have emergency plans in place should they ever get caught up in one.
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