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Emergency Planning
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Planning is more a process than an outcome. This means that coordination between national, regional and local authorities needs to be strong and extensive. This was contingent upon having plans that would enable the reaction to take place.
Emergency Planning
JUNE 20, 2020
The role of emergency planning. The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Since the start of Covid-19 we have seen the failure of emergency planning, which is an indication of failure to provide foresight.
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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).
Emergency Planning
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. Most striking is the abyss between plans and the ability to implement them with emergency response measures.
Emergency Planning
MARCH 7, 2019
Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.
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