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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

In the wake of the WHO report, Professor Ziad Abdeen of the Palestinian Health Authority said about pandemics: "My task is to tell you things you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think will happen." For example, civil aviation is particularly vulnerable. Mathews et al.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.