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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

What are, and have been, the key challenges in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic? Viral pandemics can have impacts that are as significant in the socio-economic field as they are in epidemiology and viral medicine. Huge changes in the pattern of demand and supply will occur during a pandemic.

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Book Review: Pandemic Recovery? Reframing and Rescaling Societal Challenges

Recovery Diva

Review of Pandemic Recovery? Donahue , DHEd, MBA, MSJ, President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine Much has been written about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; dissecting timelines, the actions of governments and commerce, and recovery. For Pandemic Recovery? , Bryson, Aksel Ersoy, and Louise Reardon.

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Politico’s Recovery Lab

Recovery Diva

State Pandemic Scorecard. For the past year, POLITICO’s Recovery Lab project has been chronicling how the pandemic is playing out around the country with a special eye to the innovations and policies enacted by officials at the state and local levels. But some differences were also the result of decisions made by public officials.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. Major epidemics and pandemics (what is the difference?)

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Flu Pandemic Planning 2006 and What Really Happened!

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses pandemic plans that were suggested back in 2006, and how they compare to the actions that were taken during the height of the COVID pandemic. I came across the booklet ‘Flu Pandemic Guidelines for Businesses’ produced by Survive when we were moving our office.

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Flu Pandemic Planning 2006 and What Really Happened!

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses pandemic plans that were suggested back in 2006, and how they compare to the actions that were taken during the height of the COVID pandemic. I came across the booklet ‘Flu Pandemic Guidelines for Businesses’ produced by Survive when we were moving our office.

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Flu Pandemic Planning 2006 and What Really Happened!

Plan B Consulting

This week, Charlie discusses pandemic plans that were suggested back in 2006, and how they compare to the actions that were taken during the height of the COVID pandemic. I came across the booklet ‘Flu Pandemic Guidelines for Businesses’ produced by Survive when we were moving our office.