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

Emergency Planning

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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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.