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Advisory #10: NEDRIX Survey on Pandemic Response Actions Taken to Date

by Roberta J. Witty  |  May 7, 2009  |  Comments Off

NEDRIX (NorthEast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change) completed a survey of its membership on May 5, 2009 regarding their organization’s response to the potential pandemic due to the H1N1 virus.  100 members completed the survey and it is interesting to see how these organizations have responded to date.  The results published in the survey report are reassuring: most organizations [...]

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Advisory #9: Using the Current H1N1 Situation as a Pandemic “Stress Test”

by Ken McGee  |  May 6, 2009  |  Comments Off

According to the World Health Organization, as of May 6th, 22 countries have reported 1516 “laboratory confirmed” cases of H1N1 infections in people, 31 of whom have died. Meanwhile, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that as of May 6, 2009 health authorities in 41 states have reported 642 cases of [...]

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Analysts’ Notebook and Journal: Swine Flu Entry #1

by Ken McGee  |  May 1, 2009  |  Comments Off

Today I arrived in Buenos Aires and am witnessing first hand the manner in which authorities in this country are responding to incoming visitors from one of the epicenters of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus outbreak: New York City. Stated simply, it’s not a pretty sight. Passengers trying the disembark from our plane after a very long, eleven-hour flight were stopped by [...]

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