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I have to confess I have had that same "it can't happen to me" attitude about the H1N1 pandemic. I've scoffed at the sterilizers my wife Jodi put around the house, at being taught how to cough and at all of the concerns people have.
But I've learned that if you think "It can't happen" it just might.
I've alluded to the fact that I coach football. I run the defense for the Patriots, a team of 16 fantastic 9 and 10 year old boys, just learning the tackle game. Tuesday night we were down to 9 kids. About two weeks ago, one of our players was diagnosed with H1Ni and we lost his services for a game. The abscenes steam rolled since then. Tuesday night we had 9 boys at practice with the other 6 at home sick. Not all of them had H1N1, but the resulting impact got me to thinking. What if 50% of our company was out sick or quaranteened because of fever?
Great question. And this week we have begun to plan for it. Over the next week or so our management team is going to ask soem questions:
- How bad could it get?
- Can we function in that environment?
- Can we service clients? Generate revenues? Shift risks?
- Depend on our critical service providers?
- Are there any effective prevention measures we can implement at a company level? Require of our employees?
As we go I'll through my thoughts and findings up here to help you along .. because as I have found out it can happen to anyone.
Some links of interest I've already discovered (and which I'll update as I find new ones):
- Flu.gov which has lots of information for businesses and indiviauals
- Center for Disease Control
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