pandemic planning
Disease response strategy
Pandemic planning is the preparation by governments, organizations, and health systems for large-scale disease outbreaks.
It encompasses stockpiling supplies, developing response protocols, coordinating across agencies, and running simulations: The hospital's pandemic planning proved inadequate when COVID-19 hit.
The term gained widespread use during the 2020s, though public health officials had engaged in pandemic planning for decades.
- disaster drillsPracticed emergency response routines
- emergency declarationOfficial crisis status activation
- telemedicine servicesRemote clinical care delivery
- flatten the curveSpread outbreak over longer period
- hospital surgeSpike in patient volume
essential workers · vaccination campaigns · herd immunity · contact tracing · quarantine protocols · stay at home · social distancing · school closures · cough · public awareness campaigns · fever · gown · mask · gloves · sanitizer · soap · hand washing · tape
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- pandemic responsecontact tracing, quarantine laws, social distancing, lockdown, mask mandate
- Biodefenseanthrax, anthrax vaccine, biodefense, smallpox vaccine, biohazard
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- disaster recoverydisaster recovery, business continuity, failover, RTO, data backup
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Organized action during crises
firefighting · damage control · scrambling · catching up · crisis response
pandemic planningunpreparedness
Lacking readiness beforehand
chaos · improvisation · winging it · disarray · disorganization
pandemic planningcomplacency
Uncritical satisfaction with oneself
denial · negligence · willful ignorance · head in the sand · wishful thinking
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