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Four Questions About the Covid-19 Pandemic

Emergency Planning

Emergency planning is an essential tool in the response to a pandemic. Emergency response has three ingredients: plans, procedures and improvisation. They ensure that responsibilities are fully assigned, that participants in the response have well-defined roles and that needs are identified in time to supply them.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: Collapsing buildings are responsible for the majority of deaths in seismic disasters. 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. Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.