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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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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.

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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). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. That was at a time when an influenza pandemic with devastating consequences was greatly feared.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. Moreover, the Coronavirus pandemic has been widely used as a pretext for curtailing human rights.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Economic Recovery Results Quickly

Swan Island Network

As the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) becomes more controllable, we face a unique problem. Tourism, retail, and entertainment are a few of the industries most affected by the lockdown. Follow external sources that impact your organization, like open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media, and government alerts.

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