What are the primary impacts of a pandemic that need to be planned for?
• First, its important to understand what a pandemic is. It is simply another term used in describing the outbreak of an illness and its reach or impact. • An illness that has a high rate of severe cases (i.e. severe illness or death) can certainly be a pandemic. But an illness that is a pandemic doesnt have to be severe. It can simply be highly incapacitating (i.e. a high rate of victims being bed-ridden for several days at a time) and still be a pandemic. The term pandemic is primarily focused on describing how easily and fast an illness of concern can spread. • From a business perspective, a pandemic is primarily a human resources related crisis above all else. It impacts staff safety and availability at one end of the spectrum, which in turn impacts the ability to carry out business functions and provide services. At the other end, it impacts customer or client involvement, the source of revenue or purpose for being of some organizations (i.e. entertainment industry, retail operati
