Transformation Education LLC» CDC http://transformationed.com Helping Professionals Reach Their Dreams of Success Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:16:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 H1N1 Planning – Five Ways Businesses Can Cope http://transformationed.com/2009/12/h1n1-planning-five-ways-businesses-can-cope/ http://transformationed.com/2009/12/h1n1-planning-five-ways-businesses-can-cope/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:07:45 +0000 admin2 http://transformationed.com/?p=1368 H1N1 has certainly raised a host of dilemmas for our global society since spring 2009. Not only have we coped with racing to develop and distribute a suitable vaccine, but we also have had to develop strategies for coping with multiple and extended absences at work and at school. To say that this has been a difficult time is an understatement, but it has also been an opportunity to rethink prior assumptions which have long been unchallenged.

Since spring 2009, H1N1 has raised a host of dilemmas for our global society. Not only have we coped with racing to develop and distribute a suitable vaccine, but we also have had to develop strategies for coping with multiple and extended absences at work and at school. To say that this has been a difficult time is an understatement, but it has also been an opportunity to rethink prior assumptions which have long been unchallenged.
  • Recent reports from the USA Center for Disease Control (CDC) indicate that 44,555 people have been infected with and 4,314 have died from the H1N1 flu as of 11/25/09 (Flucount.org, 2009).
  • Worldwide, the figures are 1,041,467 infected and 11, 879 dead (Flucount).
Much as post-9-11 in the USA, companies were developing catastrophic emergency procedures, the media and government are replete with the call for businesses and schools to develop comprehensive continuity plans due to the H1N1 pandemic. How do we go about creating such a plan responsibly and with the input of staff members? And what are the issues involved? Aside from the loss of revenue as people are not out shopping and have their minds focused on coping with the illness, there is a larger immediate issue which faces all businesses. How do businesses cope with large numbers of people absent from work because they fit into any of the following categories? ]]> http://transformationed.com/2009/12/h1n1-planning-five-ways-businesses-can-cope/feed/ 0