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The second workshop of the World Conference on Disaster Management<\/a> was extremely interesting and related to pandemics, epidemics and outbreaks.<\/p>\n

The first point was the need to change the terminology from pandemic plans to epidemic or outbreak plans because we are more likely to experience one of these than a pandemic. An outbreak can still have a major impact on a single organisation as seen on a cruise ship recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another interesting point was that of social distancing – a concept that doesn’t really get discussed by government in Australia. It means shutting down venues and events where people congregate.<\/p>\n

In the US during the 1918 pandemic<\/a>, one municipality adopted a social distancing policy and the neighbouring municipality didn’t. The one that didn’t lost significantly more lives than the municipality that did.<\/p>\n

Imagine cancelling the AFL Grand Final. It requires fortitude by a government to do this. It is a concept that is appreciated after it has been proven to save lives but not before. It is a concept we need to be talking about and planning for in an environment when bio-security is a real threat and may not be preventable just by tightening security.<\/p>\n

Lastly, we all need to continue to wash our hands as the most effective way of stopping the spread of a pandemic. Early training of this practice, as a way of preventing common communicable diseases such as the common cold, is an excellent preparatory training mechanism for a pandemic or epidemic.<\/p>\n

However, in the event of an incident, business continuity plans need to be in place so that organisations can continue to operate and provide critical services, whatever they may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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